Blaupunkt CR-2001

Almost nothing is documented about the Blaupunkt CR-2001. Period equipment directories and audio-review indexes from the early 1980s suggest it was a car stereo system - likely an in-dash cassette/receiver unit, as was typical of Blaupunkt's line at the time. No original manual, press release, or sales literature has surfaced in the research record.

What little can be pieced together comes from fragmentary, OCR-scattered listings in High-Fidelity and HiFI-Stereo from 1980-1983. These sources place the CR-2001 as a cassette-format, in-dash mount unit, possibly with auto-reverse on some early runs. A later listing notes "Auto reverse No," which may mean a revision or a mix-up with a sibling model. Output was rated at 5 watts per channel continuous into 4 ohms, with THD measured at 1.8% at 1 kHz referenced to -10 dB (High-Fidelity, 1981, p.226). The radio section was stereo FM, and a Loc/Dst switch was present. An unconfirmed price of $250.60 appears in a 1981 High-Fidelity tally. A separate HiFI-Stereo fragment from 1983 shows "$170" and "$900" on the same page, but the context is too garbled to assign either to the CR-2001 with certainty.

Controls included treble and balance, as noted in High-Fidelity (1981, p.226). Whether the CR-2001 was a short-lived model or a regional variant sold primarily in Europe or North America is not recorded.

Format: Cassette, in-dash mount
Output: 5 W/ch continuous into 4 ohms at 1 kHz (≤10% THD)
THD: 1.8% (1 kHz, −10 dB ref.)
Radio: FM stereo, with Local/Distant switch
Controls: Treble, balance
Price (1981, unconfirmed): $250.60 (High-Fidelity, 1981, p.226)

If you own one, have a manual, or have seen factory literature, the Archive would welcome a note.