Onkyo T-9890 DSR

Data

General

  • Manufacturer: Onkyo
  • Model: T-9890 DSR
  • Type: DSR tuner
  • Years of manufacture: 1995 - 1997
  • Made in: Japan
  • Color: Black
  • Remote control: yes
  • Power consumption:
  • Dimensions: 455 x 90 x 374 mm (WxHxD).
  • Weight: 6.4 kg
  • Original price approx.: 1'600 DM


Connections

  • Number of outputs:
    • 1x optical digital, 1x electrical digital (DSR), no longer usable, see comment and link.
    • 1x analog
  • Number of inputs:
    • 2x VHF (switchable via relay), 75 Ohm
    • 1x SAT (DSR), no longer usable due to shutdown


Technical Data

  • Reception: only FM and DSR (switched off)

VHF: 87.6 - 105.8 MHz, in 0.25 MHz steps

  • Frequency response: 30 - 15'000 Hz
  • Input sensitivity:
  • Distortion: stereo 0.07% / mono 0.003%.
  • Signal-to-noise ratio:
  • Noise floor: Stereo 77dB / Mono 85dB
  • Channel separation: 55dB (1kHz)
  • Selectivity: 80dB (Narrow)
  • Co-wave selection: 1.3dB (1kHz)
  • Spurious wave selection:
  • IF attenuation: 100bB
  • IF attenuation: 100dB
  • AM suppression: 85dB
  • Output level: not variable
  • RDS: yes
  • Station presets: no station presets on the unit but dial, only on the remote control preset buttons


  • More data at "Hifi Engine": [1]


Special Features

  • Level display for reception quality, as bars and in dB
  • Adjustable selectivity (Wide/Narrow/Super-Narrow)
  • Hi-Blend for noise suppression of FM noise
  • Black plastic side panels make it slightly wider than 'normal' (unscrewable)


Notes


Pictures

  • Extract from brochure: Onkyo T-9890 DSR

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  • Picture interior: Onkyo T-9890 DSR

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Reviews

  • The T-9890 DSR was the last truly great high-end tuner from Onkyo.
  • It was built in Japan in 1995 and can be compared to the legends Onkyo T-9990 and Onkyo T-4970 in FM reception. In Stereoplay it was tested against its predecessor, the T-9990, and no difference was found.

It separates razor-sharp, has also RDS and everything imaginable useful for the demanding FM listener. 2 relay switched antenna inputs (but no LW, KW or even MW).

  • Visually it matches the 88 series Onkyo. Large remote control. Only in black.

Furthermore, it should be mentioned that it also has a DSR tuner (see link), but that has finally settled in 1999.


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