Grant Fidelity's $3,200 Impression II weds CD player, tube amp and overkill

by Darren Murph Sep 9th 2009 @ 6:58AM

See that? That's a $3,200 CD player, which will be impossible to justify for pretty much anyone not featured on Joan Rivers' newest TV show. Designed and produced by Grant Fidelity, the CD-1000 Impression II packs a high-end Sanyo CD drive, tube analog output, tube headphone amplifier and a rather basic display screen, while the "anti-vibration aluminum chassis" tries as hard as it can to look both unorthodox and absurdly expensive. It's hard to say if your burnt MP3 discs will actually sound better on this thing (okay, so they won't), but at least you can rest easy knowing that shipping on this 50 pound beast is completely gratis.

[Via OhGizmo]

Filed under: Other formats, Players

Tags: audio, cd, cd player, CD-1000, CdPlayer, expensive, Grant Fidelity, GrantFidelity, home audio, HomeAudio, impression 2, impression II, Impression2, ImpressionIi, luxury, music, other formats, otherformats, tube

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