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Wadia S7i not reading the contents of certain discs

When I load any SONY or ECM cd into the player, the blue 'Loading' display stays lit until it finally gets tired and flashes a 'Stop/Idle' error message.  I know the machine doesn't like scratched or dirty discs, but it refuses to play cd's from these two labels, which include Schiff's Bach recitals and Beethoven cycle (sigh) as well as Perahia's studio recordings, etc. 
 
I used a lens cleaner without success.  Has anyone else encountered this problem ?

What more recent machine offers a Wadia-like house sound ?


128x128dr-john
reubent
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@sevs,

Holy cow! Steve Huntley is now working for Resolution Audio alongside Jeff Kalt? I did not know that. That would be a sort of Dream Team for the Digital Music Reproduction Field. I would love to hear the Cantata Music Center 3.0, but I'm sure it's out of my price range. I did own a Resolution Audio Opus 21 a few years ago and I thought it was a great CD player.

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stereo5
6,407 posts
 
I would never use a cd player that wouldn't play all my discs.
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georgehifi
10,312 posts
 
This apparently is the complete Sony DVD rom drive/laser used in the S7i, if you can find the model no. on your own one and search eBay, it very possible you could get it at least half or even quarter that price.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-Mechanism-Laser-Len-For-WADIA-S7i-Optical-Pickup/32830680576.htm...

Cheers George
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