If you need a CD player , replace the one you have. They wear out having moving parts. A very very costly one well that would be a different story, it comes down to wear you draw the line.
CDP Repair or Replace? Seeking advice Please
Hi,
First, thank you for your kind response!
I own what may now be considered a vintage CDP, it is a Cambridge AZUR 840C which I primarily use as a DAC streaming TIDAL. I also have a SONY SCD-2000ES SACD player connected via COAX to it to play CD's. Well, the AZUR transport coughed up a furball and will not spin a disk, which sounded better than the Sony connection. I called a dealer and they said it would cost about $300 to repair it, I asked about (not that I have the coin) upgrading to the AZUR 851C and they were quite emphatic that my $ would be best spent repairing the 840C, they did not try to sell me anything else, again, just spend the $300. Question is, what would you do? Thanks!
First, thank you for your kind response!
I own what may now be considered a vintage CDP, it is a Cambridge AZUR 840C which I primarily use as a DAC streaming TIDAL. I also have a SONY SCD-2000ES SACD player connected via COAX to it to play CD's. Well, the AZUR transport coughed up a furball and will not spin a disk, which sounded better than the Sony connection. I called a dealer and they said it would cost about $300 to repair it, I asked about (not that I have the coin) upgrading to the AZUR 851C and they were quite emphatic that my $ would be best spent repairing the 840C, they did not try to sell me anything else, again, just spend the $300. Question is, what would you do? Thanks!
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mr_m241 posts04-13-2017 12:01amGeorge. Is that Sanyo laser the same one used in the newer Cambridge 851C???Yes just to confirm all the Azures except for two use this laser/mech and the fist one one azur340c used either, I'd say it was a MkI and MkII CAMBRIDGE AUDIO azur340c CS4338 KSS-213C / SF-P101N CAMBRIDGE AUDIO azur350c WM8728 Sanyo SF-P101N CAMBRIDGE AUDIO azur351c WM8728 Sanyo SF-P101N CAMBRIDGE AUDIO azur540c 1 x WM8716 Sony KSS-213C CAMBRIDGE AUDIO azur540c v2 1 x WM8740 Sanyo SF-P101N CAMBRIDGE AUDIO azur550c 1 x WM8740 Sanyo SF-P101N CAMBRIDGE AUDIO azur640c 1 x WM8740 Sony KSS-213C CAMBRIDGE AUDIO azur640c v2 2 x WM8740 Sanyo SF-P101N CAMBRIDGE AUDIO azur650c 2 x WM8740 Sanyo SF-P101N CAMBRIDGE AUDIO azur651c 2 x WM8742 Sanyo SF-P101N CAMBRIDGE AUDIO azur740c 2 x WM8740 + Anagram Upsampler Sanyo SF-P101N CAMBRIDGE AUDIO azur840c 2 x AD1955A + Anagram Upsampler Sanyo SF-P101N CAMBRIDGE AUDIO azur851c 2 x AD1955A + Anagram Upsampler Sanyo SF-P101N Cheers George |
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