Yes, the laser can become out of alignment and not perform as well. In many ways like a poorly aligned turntable cartridge.
It can also go bad, but so does everything else.
In some ways I guess we might be somewhat guilty of having a plug and play mentality with CD's. We spend hours aligning and issolating our vinyl rig to perfection; but then throw a CD player on the rack without a care, and then wonder why it does not perform near as well.
It can also go bad, but so does everything else.
In some ways I guess we might be somewhat guilty of having a plug and play mentality with CD's. We spend hours aligning and issolating our vinyl rig to perfection; but then throw a CD player on the rack without a care, and then wonder why it does not perform near as well.