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repair or replace Accuphase DP-75V after 15 years

My Accuphase DP-75V has performed very well for 15 years, and still is performing well, except that on the rare occasions when it's power cycled, it may refuse to read discs until it's been re-power-cycled a few times. I expect that at some point, repeated power cycling won't help.

Accuphase USA can repair it for around $750. But maybe digital reproduction has advanced over the last 15 years so that I can get a better sounding new CD player for, say, $2500. (I stopped reading about audio when I decided I was happy with my system, back around 2001.)

I'd appreciate perspectives on whether I should repair or replace, and if it's replace, what I might replace it with. I'm not going to spend what it would take to get Accuphase's current offering in the DP-75V class.

The system includes Wisdom speakers, Gamut treble amp, Bryston bass amp, and Ridge Street cables. No preamp.
sammamish2
aolmrd1241
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I would go and audition a CD player in your price range and see what your ears tell you. Digital replay has come a long way since 2001.
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nsgarch
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I recently sold that very unit for a deceased friend's estate (you can look up his comments here on agon under fatparrot) . This is a FABULOUS unit! It sounded great in my system and I would have kept it, except I'm happy with my Wadia gear, so . . .

The DP-75V is not just a "CD player", it's really two separate units on one chassis -- a CD transport and a multifunction digital processor, much more powerful and versatile than the usual "DAC" which is part of a "player".

I had a tech friend replace the tray dive belt (which was slipping a bit) and clean the front display panel and laser before I sold it (cost me $25). Except for the fact that it won't play SACD's, this unit is WAY AHEAD of anything you could replace it with today for under MSRP $15,000! So for a $750 service charge, including a NEW LASER, don't hesitate to have Accuphase do the work (which carries a warranty) and keep it forever!
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swampwalker
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Nsgarch- I'm sorry for your loss. Hadn't seen any comments from Fatparrot lately; now I know why. Seemed like a good guy.
sammamish2 OP
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Thanks, Nsgarch. I'll send the player to Accuphase.
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