The almost forgotten turntable

[bigfish786]

👍 it’s never looked out of place, be it with the Leema, Rega, moon or the Marantz pair I had them with. And it still looks classy with the Luxman I now have.

 

[DougK1]

👍 it’s never looked out of place, be it with the Leema, Rega, moon or the Marantz pair I had them with. And it still looks classy with the Luxman I now have.

Agreed. It is a very attractive turntable, excellent build quality and performance, plus some very clever engineering. I owe you a pint at some stage 🙂

 

[Rui]

The Marantz TT15S1 is getting very little use these days. Since buying a Luxman CD player, I’ve spent almost all my time listening to that.
Today, I thought I’d spin a few records, blow the dust off the turntable and see how things sound.
Happy with the music but the background noise is so much more noticeable after listening exclusively to cd for a good few months.
Strange thing about the record collection, I still seem to buy loads, but barely ever listen to them. Not sure I’m getting the same level of enjoyment from records as I do CDs.
I definitely need to stop buying new records, it’s like an addiction.. but makes no sense.
I played a couple of early Iron Maiden albums first, which didn’t sound all that well recorded. Moved on to Powerslave and that sounds amazing in comparison. (Think this is a remaster)

maybe the cartridge in use is the problem as i have the first iron maiden albums and the ones that sound not that good are powerslave and somewhere in time,

cds sound is not so good and were a remastered edition this because when the volume is higher the worst it sounds , not that good of a separation of channels,

my favorite, the number of the beast, sounds amazing and it´s from the time the album was new, but i noticed when powerslave came out a change in the studio recordings as they tried a diferent production,

that was changed in the studio album after somewhere in time,

is it no prayer for the dying? after seventh son of a seventh son and fear of the dark after i stop hearing it, as i found only two good songs on fear of the dark,

the album name song and the first single, be quik or be dead.

Now i noticed that your marantz turntable isn´t from a time when they had very good turntables,

i can´t even say if it sounds good or bad, maybe you´re right the luxman cd player is maybe a lot better.
Some say pretty but i prefer horrible with perfect sound

 

[Al ears]

maybe the cartridge in use is the problem as i have the first iron maiden albums and the ones that sound not that good are powerslave and somewhere in time, cds sound is awfull and were a remastered edition this because when the volume is higher the worst it sounds , not that good of a separation of channels, my favorite the number of the beast, sounds amazing and it´s from the time the album was new, but i noticed after live after death a change in the studio recordings as they tried a diferent production that was changed in the next studio album after somewhere in time, is it no prayer for the dying?after seventh son of a seventh son and fear of the dark after i stop hearing it, as i found only two good songs on fear of the dark, the album name song and the first single, be quik or be dead. Now i noticed that your marantz turntable isn´t from a time when they had very good turntables i can´t even say if it sounds aceptable maybe you´re right the luxman cd player is maybe a lot better

For your information the Marantz turntable is actually made by Clearaudio and is excellent so your comment about it being from a time when when their turntables were poor is simply nonsense......

 

[Rui]

For your information the Marantz turntable is actually made by Clearaudio and is excellent so your comment about it being from a time when when their turntables were poor is simply nonsense......

i noticed that and corrected it ,as i know it not, thought it were marantz good turntables, plastic isn´t to me a superior quality material or new cartridges and it´s tiny stylus, only the time they become poor and simply nonsense is now, not then

they sound good but a litle high price for a new stylus as they are very litle hours of use ,i have bought already some ,

but as you say "by ClearAudio " i have no knowledge of that brand, from this new vinil readers i only know gold note and Rega, as having them at home, keep using mainly technics turntables from the 70´s ,

the new ones are poor copy´s of 70´s models

tried a lot of other brands of this new turntables and new cartridges only they sound good from a very high price up,

which is sad, and i used to critise plastic turntables in the 80´s ,

Now they seem out of this world if we forget the 70´s and 60´s also brands like Thorens or Technics at least, as there are good Pioneers, Sony, Dual ,Denon´s also Yamaha´s and some others after 1979, ´till late 90´s

 

[Al ears]

i noticed that and corrected it ,as i know it not, thought it were marantz good turntables, plastic isn´t to me a superior quality material or new cartridges and it´s tiny stylus, only the time they become poor and simply nonsense is now, not then

they sound good but a litle high price for a new stylus as they are very litle hours of use ,i have bought already some ,

but as you say "by ClearAudio " i have no knowledge of that brand, from this new vinil readers i only know gold note and Rega, as having them at home, keep using mainly technics turntables from the 70´s ,

the new ones are poor copy´s of 70´s models

tried a lot of other brands of this new turntables and new cartridges only they sound good from a very high price up,

which is sad, and i used to critise plastic turntables in the 80´s ,

Now they seem out of this world if we forget the 70´s and 60´s also brands like Thorens or Technics at least, as there are good Pioneers, Sony, Dual ,Denon´s also Yamaha´s and some others after 1979, ´till late 90´s

Unfortunately none of that makes sense to me but whatever.
Perhaps much is lost in translation.
Usually making generalised and unsubstantiated remarks about a turntable you have no experience with is not a good idea.
Google Clearaudio turntables to get some idea would be my suggestion.