Denon 15F
The Denon 15F, cataloged by Denon as the DP-15F, has almost no public record left except advertising. It was the entry-level turntable in Denon's early-1980s DP-Series. Nearly everything known about it comes from a press campaign that ran in the hi-fi magazines from late 1983 into 1984.
Denon's own ads ran in High Fidelity (January 1984, p.107) and Audio (March 1984, p.115). They describe the DP-15F as having a Dynamic Servo Tracer microprocessor-controlled tonearm and a flat-twin direct-drive motor with magnetic speed detection. List price was $199. The pitch was that a great turntable shouldn't compromise one design parameter for another. The 15F was the affordable entry point, with the DP-35F above it at $350 and the DP-35F with its high-gloss rosewood-veneer base. At that price, Denon was pushing servo-controlled convenience and direct-drive performance down toward the budget end of the market.
Past the ad copy, the record is thin. No full bench review, no measured performance figures and no production details appear to have survived. The known specs are listed below.
- Type: direct-drive turntable
- Tonearm: Dynamic Servo Tracer, microprocessor controlled
- Drive: flat-twin direct-drive motor with magnetic speed detection
- Original price: $199 (per Denon advertising, 1983–84)
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