why is it most CD players have a reliability problem. NOT all of them, but there seems to be a %10-15 of new players that arrive in non-working, or only last a short time.Look, they are CD players. Everyone knows they are disposable, including most of all the manufacturers. If they last out the 90 days warranty, great, another 90 and they are obsolete, so if they die right out of the box, no big. We just send another POC to replace it. Not like a turntable, where you expect a good 30 years after which it is worth more than you paid for it.
Once you understand the market forces it all makes perfect sense.