Philips - cd 473 CD player





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Philips CD 473 CD player, manufactured around 1987–1988, in very good physical condition and tested and working, weighs 3 kg and includes a power cord.
Description from the seller
Here is the Philips CD473 (a CD player from the late 1980s):
Technical specifications
DAC N/A: TDA1541 chip (16-bit), with 4x oversampling (176.4 kHz) and a dual 16-bit digital filter (Manual Library Online) (Retrotech Audio)
CD mechanism: CDM-4/11 (some sources also mention CDM-2) (Retrotech Audio)
Error correction: Cross Interleaved Reed-Solomon Code (CIRC) (Manual Library Online)
Frequency response: 2 Hz to 20 kHz (Retrotech Audio)
Signal-to-noise ratio: 96 dB (Retrotech Audio)
Channel separation: 93 dB (Retrotech Audio)
Total harmonic distortion: 0.003% (Retrotech Audio)
Line output: 2 V (Retrotech Audio)
Miscellaneous
Dimensions (W×H×D): 420 × 86 × 300 mm (HiFi Wiki) (another source lists 420×86×425 mm, probably with the drawer open)
Power consumption: 14 W (HiFi Wiki)
Made in Belgium (HiFi Wiki) , between 1987 and 1988 (HiFi Wiki)
Functions: FTS (Favourite Track Selection), wireless remote, headphone output with volume control, fluorescent display
It was a fairly well-regarded model at the time, notably for its TDA1541 DAC, regarded as one of Philips’ best converters of that generation.
Here is the Philips CD473 (a CD player from the late 1980s):
Technical specifications
DAC N/A: TDA1541 chip (16-bit), with 4x oversampling (176.4 kHz) and a dual 16-bit digital filter (Manual Library Online) (Retrotech Audio)
CD mechanism: CDM-4/11 (some sources also mention CDM-2) (Retrotech Audio)
Error correction: Cross Interleaved Reed-Solomon Code (CIRC) (Manual Library Online)
Frequency response: 2 Hz to 20 kHz (Retrotech Audio)
Signal-to-noise ratio: 96 dB (Retrotech Audio)
Channel separation: 93 dB (Retrotech Audio)
Total harmonic distortion: 0.003% (Retrotech Audio)
Line output: 2 V (Retrotech Audio)
Miscellaneous
Dimensions (W×H×D): 420 × 86 × 300 mm (HiFi Wiki) (another source lists 420×86×425 mm, probably with the drawer open)
Power consumption: 14 W (HiFi Wiki)
Made in Belgium (HiFi Wiki) , between 1987 and 1988 (HiFi Wiki)
Functions: FTS (Favourite Track Selection), wireless remote, headphone output with volume control, fluorescent display
It was a fairly well-regarded model at the time, notably for its TDA1541 DAC, regarded as one of Philips’ best converters of that generation.

