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== Data ==
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== Daten ==
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'''General'''
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'''Allgemein'''
* Manufacturer: [[Grundig]]
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* Hersteller: [[Grundig]]
* Model: Fine Arts CD-9009
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* Modell: Fine Arts CD-9009
* Type: CD-Player
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* Typ: CD-Player
* Years of manufacture: 1989 - 1993
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* Baujahre: 1989 - 1993
* Made in: Portugal by Grundig
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* Hergestellt in: Portugal von Grundig
* Color: Black / Gold
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* Farbe: Schwarz / Gold
* Remote control: Yes
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* Fernbedienung: Ja
* Power consumption: approx. 20 W (at 220V)
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* Leistungsaufnahme: ca. 20 W (bei 220V)
* Dimensions: 475 x 117 x 354 mm (WxHxD)
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* Abmessungen: 475 x 117 x 354 mm (BxHxT)
Weight: approx. 11.7 kg / 12.2 kg (without / with wooden cheeks)
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* Gewicht: ca. 11,7 kg/ 12,2 kg (ohne/ mit Holzwangen)
* Original price approx.: 2'998 DM
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* Neupreis ca.: 2'998 DM
  
  
'''Connections'''
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'''Anschlüsse'''
* Number of inputs: 0
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* Anzahl der Eingänge: 0
* Number of outputs: 6
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* Anzahl der Ausgänge: 6
** 1x Cinch (variable)
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** 1x Cinch (variabel)
 
** 1x Cinch (fixed)
 
** 1x Cinch (fixed)
** 1x XLR (female) analog, balanced
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** 1x XLR (female) analog, symmetrisch
** 1x Digital out, coaxial
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** 1x Digital out, koaxial
 
** 1x Optical out (Toslink / TOShiba-LINK)
 
** 1x Optical out (Toslink / TOShiba-LINK)
** 1x Headphone (variable)
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** 1x Kopfhörer (variabel)
  
  
'''Technical Data'''
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'''Technische Daten'''
* Converter: 2 TDA 1541A S1 (Silver Crown)
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* Wandler: 2 TDA 1541A S1 (Silver Crown)
* Laser: AlGaAs, half unit, 780 nm
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* Laser: AlGaAs, Halbheiter, 780 nm
* Frequency response: 20Hz - 20kHz +/- 0.05 dB
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* Frequenzgang: 20Hz - 20kHz +/- 0,05 dB
* Dynamic range: > 98 dB
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* Dynamikbereich: > 98 dB
* Signal to noise ratio: > 116 dB
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* Signalrauschabstand: > 116 dB
* Distortion factor: < 0.002 % (at 1'000 Hz)
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* Klirrfaktor: < 0,002 % (bei 1'000 Hz)
* Phase linearity +/- 0.5
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* Phasenlinearität +/- 0.
* Channel separation: &gt; 105 dB (at 1'000 Hz)
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* Kanaltrennung: > 105 dB (bei 1'000 Hz)
* CD-Text: No
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* CD-Text: Nein
MP3 support: No
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* MP3-Unterstützung: Nein
* Auto play: Yes
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* Anspielautomatik: Ja
* Shuffle: Yes
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* Shuffle: Ja
* Title programming: Yes (positive and negative)
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* Titel-Programmierung: Ja (positiv und negativ)
* Repeat: Yes
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* Repeat: Ja
* Timer: Yes
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* Timer: Ja
* Up to 9 different "USER" programmable
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* bis zu 9 unterschiedliche "USER" programmierbar
* Plays CD-R/CD-RW: Yes/No
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* Spielt CD-R/CD-RW: Ja/Nein
  
  
'''Special Features'''
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'''Besondere Ausstattungen'''
* Pitch function for variable playback speed
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* Pitch-Funktion für variable Wiedergabegeschwindigkeit
* Electronic components in the unit shielded from each other with copper sheeting
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* Elektronische Baugruppen im Gerät mit Kupferblech gegeneinander abgeschirmt
* Separate digital/analogue section
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* Separates Digital-/Analogteil
 
* FTS
 
* FTS
  
  
== Remarks ==
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* Other models in the Fine Arts series:
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== Bemerkungen ==
* Preamplifier:
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* Weitere Modelle der Fine Arts-Serie:
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* Vorverstärker:
 
* [[Grundig Fine Arts Esoteric Line]]
 
* [[Grundig Fine Arts Esoteric Line]]
  
  
* Integrated amplifiers:
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* Vollverstärker:
 
* [[Grundig Fine Arts A-904]]
 
* [[Grundig Fine Arts A-904]]
 
* [[Grundig Fine Arts A-905]]
 
* [[Grundig Fine Arts A-905]]
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* [[Tuner:
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* Tuner:
 
* [[Grundig Fine Arts T-904]]
 
* [[Grundig Fine Arts T-904]]
 
* [[Grundig Fine Arts T-907]]
 
* [[Grundig Fine Arts T-907]]
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* [[CD player]]
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* CD-Player:
 
* [[Grundig Fine Arts CD-905]]
 
* [[Grundig Fine Arts CD-905]]
 
* [[Grundig Fine Arts CD-9009]]
 
* [[Grundig Fine Arts CD-9009]]
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* Record player:
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* Plattenspieler:
 
* [[Grundig Fine Arts TT-903]]
 
* [[Grundig Fine Arts TT-903]]
  
  
* Speakers:
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* Lautsprecher:
 
* [[Grundig Fine Arts One]]
 
* [[Grundig Fine Arts One]]
 
* [[Grundig Fine Arts Two]]
 
* [[Grundig Fine Arts Two]]
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== Pictures ==
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== Bilder ==
* Extract from brochure: Grundig Fine Arts CD-9009
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[[Datei:Grundig Fine Arts CD-9009.jpg]]
[[File:Grundig Fine Arts CD-9009-Prospekt-1992.jpg]]
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* Auszug aus Prospekt: Grundig Fine Arts CT 905
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[[Datei:Grundig Fine Arts CT-905-Prospekt-1992.jpg]]
  
  
== Reviews ==
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== Berichte ==
* One of the best hi-fi CD players ever built. Finest Philips technology with solid Grundig quality. Soundwise a high pleasure. Used prices are in good condition from about 700€ to well over 1000€.
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* Einer der besten Hifi CD Player die jemals gebaut wurden. Feinste Philips Technik mit solider Grundig Qualität. Klanglich ein Hochgenuss. Gebrauchtpreise liegen im guten Zustand bei ca. ab 700€ bis weit über 1000€.
  
Test judgement: Stereo 2/90 "Absolute top class".
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* Testurteil: Stereo 2/90 "Absolute Spitzenklasse"
  
  
Some history of the Grundig CD9009 Fine Arts:
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* Some history of the Grundig CD9009 Fine Arts:
* It is the show-off of Grundig company, player made without any cost restrictions, just as a statement. Their flagship. The icon of the long gone era pre-globalization, pre-cost cutting, pre-bean counters domination in corporations. All copper-plated steel chassis and body, all components - premium type (all Made In Germany), best transport at all time - CDM1-MKII and TDA1541A DAC from tight tolerance selection S1 (single crown), in double paralleled mode. Two power transformers, copper inter-stage shielding, jewellery connectors and sockets, etc. A true overkill.  Someone said that it was designed and built for Grundig by a high-end company RESTEK from Germany. Adrianus Elschot, founder and mastermind of RESTEK, declared that they developed some products for Grundig, but neither the CD9000 nor the CD9009.  
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* It is the show-off of Grundig company, player made without any cost restrictions, just as a statement. Their flagship. The icon of the long gone era pre-globalization, pre-cost cutting, pre-bean counters domination in corporations. All copper-plated steel chassis and body, all components   - premium type (all Made In Germany), best transport at all time - CDM1-MKII and TDA1541A DAC from tight tolerance selection S1 (single crown), in double paralleled mode. Two power transformers, copper inter-stage shielding, jewellery connectors and sockets, etc. A true overkill.  Someone said that it was designed and built for Grundig by a high-end company RESTEK from Germany. Adrianus Elschot, founder and mastermind of RESTEK, declared that they developed some products for Grundig, but neither the CD9000 nor the CD9009.  
  
It also has one of the best displays of all players I have seen (save for the Levinson) (legible from my seat 3 m away), discrete understatement look, good ergonomy etc..  
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* It also has one of the the best displays of all players I have seen (save for the Levinson) (legible from my seat 3 m away), discrete understatement look, good ergonomy etc.  
Inside - it compares only to the Accuphases and so on, and the famous Revox looks like.  
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* Inside - it compares only to the Accuphases and so on, and the famous Revox looks like.  
  
The schematics is very impressive (for most engineers - I am sure). It has so many op amps in the audio path that I lost the count.  
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* The schematics is very impressive (for most engineers - I am sure). It has so many op amps in the audio path that I lost the count.  
No wonder the stock unit sounds like 12 op-amps in series. With false feeling of macrodynamics, glassy, harsh, falsely detailed, totally un-listenable sound.
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* No wonder the stock unit sounds like 12 op-amps in series. With false feeling of macrodynamics, glassy, harsh, falsely detailed, totally un-listenable sound.
Test drive with lampizator revealed another character. Earthshaking bass, pure liquidity, tonal warmth, richness, and most of all - the sense of body. Instruments sound like living vibrating creatures, not skeletons, silhouettes or cardboard imitations.
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* Test drive with lampizator revealed another character. Earthshaking bass, pure liquidity, tonal warmth, richness, and most of all - the sense of body. Instruments sound like living vibrating creatures, not skeletons, silhouettes or cardboard imitations.
  
The TDA1541A /S1 chip is "just only" 16 bit and single ended only. But so is the Sony/Philips red book format - 16 bit. And since Philips invented CD, so shouldn't their best chip ever - make the best music!
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* The TDA1541A /S1 chip is "just only" 16 bit and single ended only. But so is the Sony/Philips red book format - 16 bit. And since Philips invented CD, so shouldn't their best chip ever - make the best music!
  
Compared to Revox B226S - our Grundig CD9009 Fine Arts is very similar in nature, I probably couldn't be able to tell them apart immediately. But the ergonomy of the Grundig CD9009 Fine Arts makes big positive difference.  Both machines are very "Teutonic" in design, but Grundig more than Revox. Grundig CD9009 Fine Arts is an Audi A8 Quattro W10 so to speak.
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* Compared to Revox B226S - our Grundig CD9009 Fine Arts is very similar in nature, I could probably not be able to tell them apart immediately. But the ergonomy of the Grundig CD9009 Fine Arts makes big positive difference.  Both machines are very "Teutonic" in design, but Grundig more than Revox. Grundig CD9009 Fine Arts is an Audi A8 Quattro W10 so to speak.
  
  
Note:
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* Anmerkung:
This Highend CD Player was developed from Grundig-Germany in Fürth.  
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* This Highend CD Player was developed from Grundig-Germany in Fürth.  
It was made from one of the best HiFi developers in the Grundig Labor 2.
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* It was made from one of the best HiFi developer in the Grundig Labor 2.
All production measuring devices was made by Grundig "Meßgerätelabor" Werk 2.
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* All production measuring devices was made by Grundig "Meßgerätelabor" Werk 2.
  
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
* External link to website "The Vintage Knob": [http://www.thevintageknob.org/grundig-CD-9009.html]
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* Externer Link zu Webseite "The Vintage Knob": [http://www.thevintageknob.org/THEVAULT/CD9009/CD9009.html http://www.thevintageknob.org/THEVAULT/CD9009/CD9009.html]
  
  
[[Category:CD Player]]
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[[Kategorie:CD-Player]]

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