Recently the lens fell out of my heavily moded (Musical Concepts) Pioneer PD 65 which I use as a transport, toslinked to my Audio Alchemy DPP/DAC. I glued it back in, but it won't play. I may have inserted it upside down, alas, there was no telling which way was up even wth my magnifying glass
so I am in search of a transport. The NuPrime CDT 9 Pro (MSRP $795) caught my eye, but I cannot find a review
Or, more likely cd transports and players will decline in numbers and the parts will simply sit on eBay.
I replace laser or mechs in many cdp's, you have no idea just how many now are unobtainium to get new, for many $5K-$20k CDP's eg: flagship models from Wadia, Mark Levinson, Naim ect ect.
So if they're available now new for this CDT-3, for $100 get em now before your transport becomes a boat anchor, because of a bad laser, that may also become unobtainium new. Cheers George
Well, your basic assumption is that people will want them repaired. This is a declining truth.
So are you saying this CDt3 is a throw away item when the laser starts to skip? NO WAY do would anyone I know throw them out, if they don’t get them repaired they’re be usually sold off faulty, an these are the ones to get cheap "if you have or can get the laser".
I ask you if your Linn Sondek LP12 or similar had a burnt out motor, in say 1995 when cd was well entrenched, would you not get it fixed or would you have thrown it out?
You impute beliefs to me I don’t hold and confuse the issue. Cd is a dying and soon to be dead medium. At its height, of course more owners would want devices repaired, but as the medium dies, owners will decline and lose interest in repairs. This is not metaphysics.
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