STATUS - SOLD
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Description :
Ariston introduces the Ariston CD3 to their Maxim range of remote controlled units. The CD3, which is Ariston’s third CD player in roughly the same number of years heralds no revolution in technology or features, but may be just what you are looking for if the brief is for a medium-price player which offers musical excellence without frills or complication. The Ariston CD3 is an absolute corker of a player, quiet heavy and had small square push buttons in a line on the front. It utilised the Philips 16-bit, four-times oversampling chip-set. The circuit employs the top-grade "SI Crown" version of the TDA154 IA D/A chip, selected for its high transient and dynamic accuracy and Ariston have supplied their own deemphasis, filter and audio output stages using high quality components on a fibre-glass printed circuit board. Mute and de-emphasis switching is handled by relays, an approach which is claimed to give a more accurate performance than the more usual and much less expensive Fet devices. A dual mono layout is used. As suggested and the CD3 is a simple, almost artless player and rather heavier than it looks, but simply built, with a bent metal box fronted by a smart alloy front panel extrusion and a drawer whose rather stately progress in and out of the player. The bottom line is the way it sounds, and it is here that the Ariston CD3 accumulates most of its brownie points. For its price, this cd player represents the cutting edge in compact disc reproduction. There are players which sound sharper and clearer, and some (though very few) that sound warmer and easier on the ear. There are very few others that combine the two more successfully than the Ariston CD3, nor which sound more convincingly at home with a wide range of music.
Specifications :
Mechanism......................................Philips CDM 4 lens
DA Converter....................................Philips 16 bits
Digital Filter......................................4 times oversampling
......................................Digital deemphasis function
IC chip.............................................1541 A S1 crown X 1
Dimensions(w x d x h).......................44 x 30 x 10 cm
Weight.............................................8 kg
Miscellaneous :
Remote............................................Yes
Made in............................................Scotland
Condition..........................................7 / 10 (Scratches on the top chassis)
Reviews :
http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/December%201991/215/835706/
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