Dual Golden One

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Dual
• Model: Golden 1 (CS 7000 was its name in the USA)
• Years of manufacture: 1988 - 1992
• Made in: Germany
• Color: Black, metal parts gold plated
• Power consumption: 9 Watt
• Dimensions: 440 x 143 x 380 mm (WxHxD)
• Weight: 8 kg
• Original price approx.: 1,200 DM (RRP without system), 1,700 DM (RRP with Audio Technica AT-OC 7)

Connections

• Outputs: fixed cinch connection cable (gold-plated)

Technical data

• Drive: belt
• Motor: EDS 5000 (quartz-controlled flat-rotor motor with speed control via microprocessor)
• Speed: 33 1/3 /45/78 UPM
• Synchronous speed fluctuations: ±0.013%/0.023% (WRMS/DIN).
• Rumble noise ratio: 80 dB
• Turntable: Aluminium 304 mm
• Operation mode: Semi-automatic
• Pitch: No
• Tonearm: Yes
• Cartridge: optional Audio Technica AT-OC 7

Special Features

• Detachable 1/2 inch headshell (headstock)
• OPS system (low-lying tonearm bearing) for better scanning of warped records
• Gyroscopic cardan tonearm bearing with 4-point bearing, tracking force control via torsion spring
• Subchassis construction
• The motor is quartz controlled. Since the slip of the drive belt can cause the platter speed to deviate from the set value nevertheless, the platter speed is monitored by a sensor (light barrier). The relation between the motor speed and the disc speed is stored.

Remarks

The device is the refined version of the CS 5000. Metal parts are here real gold-plated (24 carat) and the console is provided with high-quality piano lacquer. In addition, there was a screw-on plate stabilizer. Originally, the unit was available without a cartridge. Later there was a combination set with Audio Technica system (OC7). Unlike the CS 5000, the speed selection is no longer done by push buttons, but by a rotary control. A power switch is no longer available.

• Other models of the same series:
• Dual CS 435
• Dual CS 450
• Dual CS 455
• Dual CS 503-2
• Dual CS 505-4
• Dual CS 750
• Dual CS 5000
• Dual Golden One
• Dual Golden 11
• Dual Golden Stone
• Dual Midnight
• Dual Silver Stone

Images

• Image: Dual Golden One

• Excerpt from brochure: Dual Golden One