"Hi-End, Not High Priced"

"The Grant Fidelity CD-1000 is an amazing package for the money. It looks like a statement product instead of a boring box and is well constructed and laid out. It pushes all of the audiophile’s buttons in sound staging, clarity and most of all, tour de force dynamics and bass control. I have never heard a CD Player make such an incredible difference to a system by controlling the bottom end like this one does. If you are dissatisfied with the bass control of your system give the Grant Fidelity CD-1000 a try before changing out your speakers or amp. If your CD player is more than three years old, no matter how good it was back then, you are probably missing out on the quality of your CD investment."

Clark Hertz - StereoMojo

Grant Fidelity Reference Tube CD-1000 player (aka Impression II) sure is a beauty, not only from the appearance but also from design concept. It comes with the best layout you could ask for from a high end CD player - all main sections of the player (power supply to tube and solid state circuits, tube analog output, tube headphone amp, CD drive) are strategically placed in the four corners and the middle of the player in isolated aluminum chassis without interfering with each other. 

Features: 

• Completely separated left and right channel with 2x BB PCM1794 D/A converting IC chip and 10x OPA2604 / OPA 604 for IV converting and low pass filtering
• Sanyo DA11VZ CD drive and Nikon high grade capacitors as key components
• TOSHIBA-TA2125AF, TOSHIBA-2157F, TOSHIBA-TC94A14F as servo system
• 1 set of Vacuum tube (EH 6922) unbalanced output, 1 set of transistor unbalanced output, plus 1 set of transistor fully balanced output at your choice 
• Other outputs includes digital coaxial, optical, AES/EBU and tube (EL84) headphone output 
• Defeatable up-sampling with 3 optional frequencies: 44.1 kHz/16 bit, 96 kHz/24 bit and 192 kHz/24 bit
• Anti-vibration isolated aluminum chassis for 5 key components 
• Manual top loading and remote control 

Specifications: 

• Frequency Response: 2Hz to 20kHz
• Dynamic Range: 100dB
• Rated Output: 2V
• S/N ratio: 95 dB
• THD: <= 0.001%
• Size: 17" W x 14" D x 7" H
• Net weight: 23kg / 50 lbs

This products comes with a two year parts and labor warranty from Grant Fidelity. 90 days on tubes. 

Top cover comes in brush aluminum. Luxury polished stainless steel finish is available at extra cost of US$380.00 for custom order. 

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