Grundig Fine Arts CD-9009

Daten

Allgemein

• Hersteller: Grundig
• Modell: Fine Arts CD-9009
• Baujahre: 1989 - 1992
• Hergestellt in: Portugal bei Grundig
• Farbe: Schwarz
• Fernbedienung: Ja
• Leistungsaufnahme: ca.20W
• Abmessungen: ?
• Gewicht: 12Kg
• Neupreis ca.: 2.900,00 DM

Anschlüsse

• Anzahl der Eingänge: 0
• Anzahl der Ausgänge: 6
  • 1x Cinch (variabel)
  • 1x Cinch (fixed)
  • 1x XLR (female)
  • 1x Digital out
  • 1x Optical out
  • 1x Kopfhörer (variabel)

Technische Daten

• Wandler: 2 TDA 1541 Silver Crown
• Frequenzgang: 20 - 20000 Hz +/- 0,05 db
• Dynamikbereich: >98 db
• Signalrauschabstand: >116 db
• Klirrfaktor: <0,002% (bei 1000 Hz)
• Kanaltrennung: >105 db (bei 1000 Hz)
• CD-Text: Nein
• MP3-Unterstützung: Nein
• Pitch-Kontrolle: Ja
• Anspielautomatik: Ja
• Shuffle: Ja
• Titel-Programmierung: Ja (positiv und negativ)
• Repeat: Ja
• Spielt CD-R/CD-RW/HDCD: Ja/?/?

Besondere Ausstattungen

• Pitch-Funktion für variable Wiedergabegeschwindigkeit
• verkupfertes Chassis mit separatem Digital-/Analogteil

Bemerkungen

Weitere Modelle der gleichen Serie: -

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 450€ bis über 700€.

Berichte

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. Maybe it's true - I dunno.

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.

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. 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!

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.

Links

• http://www.thevintageknob.org/THEVAULT/CD9009/CD9009.html
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