Goldenote Stibbert black pearl iii User manual

Goldenote®

Stibbert

Black Pearl III

ITALIAN PRESTIGE CD PLAYER

Owner’s Manual

MANUFACTURED IN ITALY

TEL.+39.0571.675005 !FAX.+39.0571.675013

Stibbert Black Pearl Italian Prestige CD Player

Table of Contents

- Congratulations & Introduction !3

- Contents of Packaging - Construction Features ! !4

- Set-Up Instructions - Positioning – Operating Conditions ! !4

- Operating Conditions !5

- Remote Control Function !6

- Technical Speciﬁcations ! !7

- Warranty, Customer Service, Warnings & F.A.Q. !8

- Troubleshooting !9

VERY IMPORTANT: !Please read the following instructions carefully before installing your

Goldenote® CD Player

Stibbert Black Pearl Italian Prestige CD Player

CongratulationsCongratulations

Thank you for having purchased a Goldenote® product.

IntroductionIntroduction

Goldenote® designs & manufactures 100% in Italy a range of

prestigious high-end audio products featuring unique,

technical and aesthetic characteristics.

The Diamond line is the Goldenote top available technology featuring the

best possible solution and skilfully handmade products.

The Stibbert Black Pearl is one of the best CD player of the state-of-the-

art Diamond Line, featuring top class design in digital and analogue stage

but even one of the most massive power supply available for a CD player

unit.

The analogue stage of the SBP is powered by a triple transformers power supply featuring the highest audio performance.

The very high mass suspended on springs chassis is also able to control the energy of vibration feedback featuring a high

class cosmetic as well.

The internal DAC uses a proprietary ﬁlter that enables the unit to reproduce a very large bandwidth with low signal

compression.

The new Electro-Power™ voltage power supply of the is the ﬁrst automatic servo assisted power supply installed in a

consumer CD Player. The Electro-Power™ also allows the unit to have an electronic stability particularly efﬁcient.

The transport mechanism is of the drawer type made of aluminium it enables the smoothest possible rotational stability

reducing the speed ﬂuctuation as well.

Congratulations & Introduction !3

Stibbert Black Pearl Italian Prestige CD Player

Contents of PackagingContents of Packaging

- 1 CD PLAYER HIGH MASS UNIT FIXED ON A POLISHED BLACK ACRYLIC PLINTH

- 1 BLACK BASE PLINTH

INTO THE TWO BOXES ASIDE THE MAIN UNIT:

- 1 REMOTE CONTROL

- 4 BRASS THREADED BARS FOR CDP SUPPORT COMPLETE WITH RUBBER SPACER RINGS and threaded, adjustable, aluminium spring supports..

- 4 CONICAL SPRINGS FOR CDP ACRYLIC PLINTH SUPPORT

- 4 THREADED BAR COVERS

- 4 SEMI CONICAL ANODIZED ALUMINIUM FEET

- 4 ROUNDED ANODIZED ALUMINIUM SPRING COVERS 70mm circa LARGE

- 1 DETACHABLE AC POWER CHORD

- DUMBO AC EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY

- INSTRUCTIONS MANUAL

Construction featuresConstruction features

This section describes the special features of the CD Player, the construction features, the reasons for the technical choices and the originality of the design.

• The STIBBERT BLACK PEARL is a ﬂoating on Harmonic Iron springs CD Player that uses a plinth made of black high-density polished acrylic, an High-Mass metal main electronic cabinet. A clear acrylic plinth as support the whole

structure.

• The chassis is particularly heavy to help dissipating vibration feedback.

• The TUBE features two 6DJ8/6922 Tubes on the output stage

• The Dual-Speed™ system enables the unit adjust the disc rotation speed depending on the effective need improving the laser track ability.

• The Electro-Power™ allows a precise and ﬁne voltage setting in any speciﬁc critical area of the electronic circuit where variations may affect the sound quality.

• The Zero-Clock™ ﬁght the jitter digital problem rephrasing the Clock of the unit.

Set-Up InstructionsSet-Up Instructions

Open all the cartons inside the main box and check that all the components listed in the

“content section” are present.

1) Carefully remove the STIBBERT Black Pearl CDP chassis from the shipping box as

well as the 2 carton boxes and the clear acrylic plinth

2) Screw down the four threaded bars in the speciﬁc holes of the transparent acrylic

plinth. The threaded bars must protrude from underneath (the other side of the

Clear plinth Goldenote® label and grey rounded velvets) the transparent acrylic

plinth about 10 mm.

3) Screw up the silver anodised aluminium feet on the threaded bars onto the lower part

of the transparent acrylic base.

4) Insert the silver anodised aluminium threaded-bar covering columns over the

threaded bars on the upper part of the transparent acrylic plinth. Please note that

the rubber ring spacers should be left in place and the covering columns slid over

them. It is normal to encounter some resistance when doing this, because the

rubber ring spacers are there to prevent the covers from moving when you have

completed the installation.

5) Screw the bolt shaped spring supports onto the head of the threaded bars with the

bolt/smaller cylindrical shape facing up and ﬁt the conical springs onto them with

the narrow part of the spring at the top. The spring support should be screwed

down close to the head of the threaded bars.

6) Gently lay the CD player unit onto the pre-installed springs ﬁnding the perfect

cente–ring inside the holes of the plinth itself.

7) Place the STIBBERT Black Pearl on the level surface you have chosen for it. We

recommend a wall shelf, as they are the sturdiest, and immune to footfall, but a

well made equipment rack should also give satisfactory results. You are now ready

to make the necessary connections.

8) Connect the respective left and right channels of your Interconnect cables to your

ampliﬁer (or a digital 75ohm cable if you are using an external DAC).

9) To ﬁnish the installation level the unit to a perfectly ﬂat position and connect the

supplied AC Power chord. Levelling the unit will provide the best sonic

performance.

Contents of Packaging - Construction

Features !4

Stibbert Black Pearl Italian Prestige CD Player

Operating ConditionsOperating Conditions

1) Level carefully the unit on a solid shelf properly aerated to let the unit cool down.

2) Connect the audio cable (not supplied) to the ampliﬁer. Note that the unit can be connected to RCA unbalanced analog output or to the Balanced XLR analog output

but not both at once.

3) The unit features a 75ohm coaxial digital output for eventual connection to external Digital/Analog converters.

4) Connect the AC chord supplied.

5) The Master Switch of the unit is put on the back panel. The front panel switch works exclusively as stand-by leaving the unit partially on.

6) To change the tubes open the back panel removing the screws indicated on the picture below

Once the has been correctly assembled and positioned on a solid shelf and fully wired the player is ready to play.

The front Panel replies six basic function of the unit:

STAND-BY - It turns the unit in a Stand-By mode only. To turn off the unit completely the Master Switch on the back panel must be turned off.

STOP

SKIP Forward Skip the track. Keeping pressed the unit searches on the track listened FFW.

SKIP Reverse Skip the track. Keeping pressed the unit searches on the track listened RWD.

PLAY It lets start playing the disc. Pressing again the PLAY button the unit turn into the PAUSE mode then continuing pressing the button the unit turns Playing and

Pausing alternatively.

OPEN/CLOSE

The CD Player must be kept OFF at least 30 seconds before turning it ON again otherwise it may get in protection the unit freezing up all the

functions.

Set-Up Instructions - Positioning – Operating Conditions !5

Stibbert Black Pearl Italian Prestige CD Player

(REMOTE CONTROL)

The supplied remote handset can also control other Akamai sources to integrate with one handset eventually the control of all the Goldenote units.

Remote Control Function !!!6

Stibbert Black Pearl Italian Prestige CD Player

Technical SpeciﬁcationsTechnical Speciﬁcations

The following data describe the basic technical speciﬁcations of the STIBBERT Black Pearl CD player

at the time of drafting this manual. The speciﬁcations are subject to modiﬁcation without notice. The

product complies with the requirements laid down in the EC regulations.

AUDIO OUTPUTS

FREQUENCY RESPONSE 20Hz – 20kHz, +/-0.3dB

THD (Total Harmonic

Distortion) 0.05% MAX

RATIO SIGNAL TO NOISE -105dB

DYNAMIC RESPONSE 127dB

ANALOGUE OUTPUT Stereo RCA and XLR balanced

LINE OUTPUT LEVEL (fixed) 2.5V

OUTPUT IMPEDANCE 800Ω

PHASE RESPONSE Linear phase, absolute phase inverted

DIGITAL OUTPUT S/PDIF, 75ΩRCA 24bit

DIGITAL FILTER Proprietary Zero-Clock

SPEED FLUCTUATION 0.0001%

CONNECTIVITY

REMOTE INFRA-RED RC5 proprietary code variable

FORMATS

CD FORMATS Red Book

DISC COMPATIBILITY CD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3

POWER

MAINS SUPPLY

100V ▪115V ▪230V ▪50 or 60Hz (depending on

market destination not convertible)

SPECIAL External Power Supply

POWER SUPPLY 4 transformers Super Linear

Other ELECTRO-POWER®

POWER CONSUMPTION 50watt

UPGRADES

Other Goldenote Lucca Power Chord

PHYSICAL

DIMENSIONS 480mm L x 250mm H x 450mm D

WEIGHT 15 Kilos (33lbs.)

FINISHES

FRONT PANEL Brushed Black Anodised Aluminium

CASE Black powder coated

SUSPENDED PLINTH Black Polished Acrylic

MAIN PLINTH Black Polished Acrylic

Technical details may vary without notice

Technical Speciﬁcations !7

Stibbert Black Pearl Italian Prestige CD Player

(Warranty Registration)

To validate the warranty is necessary to register the unit on the Goldenote internet web site within 15 days from the purchase:

http://www.goldenote.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14&Itemid=31&lang=en

If the unit is not registered correctly or is been purchased from a different country of the purchaser origin/home the unit will not be covered by any

warranty and the eventual registration refused.

The warranty does not does not cover in any case: Tubes, Phono Cartridge Styli and Batteries.

EVERY SINGLE GOLDENOTE UNIT HAS A WARRANTY ADHESIVE LABEL APPLIED ON THE CHASSIS SHOWS THE GOLDENOTE

LOGO. IF THE LABEL IS DAMAGED IN ANY PART THE WARRANTY WILL BE INVALID.

Customer ServiceCustomer Service

All GOLDENOTE® products are the result of meticulous technological research, and consequently their correct functioning is guaranteed. In spite of this

it is possible that problems may emerge which non-specialist users cannot resolve. In this case, contact your dealer who will advise you on how to resolve

the problem.

Do not return any object directly to the factory or to the national distributor or without being authorized to do so. In such cases both GOLDENOTE® and

the distribution agents operating within your territory decline responsibility of any kind.

Please Note: Descriptions and technical characteristics may vary in any moment without notice.

WarningsWarnings

1. Do not disassemble any part of the product.

2. Do not use any part of the product for other purposes.

3. For service and problems of any kind, contact qualiﬁed personnel.

4. Protect the product from rain and humidity and keep away from heat sources, electric and electronic motors etc.

5. The power Chord supplied must be used only on this unit.

6. Goldenote does not have responsibility for any improper use of this unit

F.A.Q.

CD Player set up

ACTION DESCRIPTION HOW TO ADJUST IT

LEVELLING THE CD

PLAYER • The CD Player is not levelled • Take care of levelling the unit with the help of a spirit level.

CLEANING THE CD PLAYER • The CD Player is dirty and needs to be

cleaned

• With EXTREME care exclusively using alcohol and a soft

100% cotton cloth sweep dust and stains out.

Any acid or synthetic cloth may irreversibly damage the CD

Player ﬁne aesthetic.

Warranty Certiﬁcate – Customer Service – Warnings ! !8

Stibbert Black Pearl Italian Prestige CD Player

TroubleshootingTroubleshooting

SYNPTOM DESCRIPTION CAUSE REMEDY

THE CD PLAYER DOES NOT

START WHEN THE UNIT IS

SWITCHED ON

• The AC CD Player plug is disconnected from

the AC wall plug

• Connect it being sure that the AC wall plug

works

• The Fuse is blown • Let your ofﬁcial Goldenote dealer opens the

unit and change the fuse. Don’t do it by

yourself to preserve the warranty valid

• The Unit is been turned ON and OFF too

quickly and turned into protection.

• Turn OFF the unit exclusively from the

back panel switch, wait 30 seconds before

turning ON again the player.

The Disc just does not start • The disc in the drawer is not put with the label

side UP

• Properly insert the disc with label UP

• The disc inserted in ruined or very dirty on its

reading side

• Change or clean the disc with a soft cloth.

• The Unit follows the RED BOOK format

while is compatible with most of the audio/video

disc available on the market

• The mechanic may sometimes doesn’t

accept some records or read anti-copy hidden

ﬁle of multi-media disc.

DIGITAL RCA OUTPUT DOES

NOT WORK

When the CD Player is connect

to an external D/A Converter

does not work

• Check the functionality of the D/A Converter •

• The Cable used for connection is not 75ohm

digital cable

• Substitute the digital cable with a 75 ohm

one

• Your AC home system is not grounded • Contact your dealer for assistance

DIGITAL RCA OUTPUT DOES

NOT WORK • The is not supplied with any Digital Output •

REMOTE CONTROL DOES NOT

WORK

Remote control does not reach

any CD Player function • Batteries are not inserted in the remote control

or out of work

• Insert new batteries properly

• One or more rubber buttons are pushed inside

their slots

• Re-ﬁt the rubber buttons well

REPEAT FUNCTION DOES NOT

WORK

The CD Player does not repeat

the discs during playing • The Remote control does not reach the CD

Player receiver during the REPEAT Operation

• Check the remote control batteries work

properly.

• To activate the repeat function the button

must be pressed once for the “ONE TRACK

repeat” and twice for ”REPEAT ALL disc”

SPEAKER HUMMING

PROBLEMS

The speakers hum when the CD

Player is connected to the

system

• • Be sure in your home AC system ground is

correctly grounded

CD PLAYER DOES NOT READ

SOME DISCS • The CD Player is designed under the RED

BOOK standard technology. Even though the unit

is compatible with all digital disc format (except

SACD) it may happen that some disc of the

extremely variety available on the market may be

not read correctly by the unit

• Always verify the disc (especially the CD-R

and CD-RW) are compatible with the unit.

• The unit CAN NOT play the MP3 Files.

UNSTABLE AUDIO SIGNAL or

UNBALANCED AUDIO

OUTPUT

The internal s are ruined or

burned-out • The unit worked for several hundreds hours or

they had a electrical shock.

• Contact your dealer to replace the tubes

Troubleshooting !9

Note:

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GOLDENOTE

Via della Gora, 6

Montespertoli (Florence) Italy 50025

Tel. + 39 0571 675005

Fax. + 39 0571 675013

www.goldenote.com

Goldenote Stibbert Black Pearl III User manual

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