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CDP clicks between tracks.and at the begininning??

I have a new CDP and I am impressed with the sound so far but it has an odd quirck and I was hoping someone could shed some light on what's going on. My player uses a Sony transport and it sounds good but on most CD's it will go "click click" at the beginning of the disc and inbetween tracks as the disc progresses. It happens consistently on most discs but some discs won't make the mechanical clicking from the transport. It is the very same mechanical click I get from my integrated when increasing or decreasing volume or changing inputs. This suggests to me that it may have some thing to do with the relay switch on the display of the transport. On some discs however there will be a very short click at the beginning and then the transport will be silent throught the disc or throughout most of the disc. Its almost as if it depends on how much time is inbetween tracks as if I play a cd that the tracks change but ther music contues from one track to the next without pause or without regular but short pause there is no "click click" noise from the CDP. I like this player but am wondering if anyone else has noticed this type of anomolie on their players and what it could be. Is this a normal function of some CDP's?
I should mention the clicks between tracks are consistant with the disc or track that I am using so it is not random at the CDP's end but depends on the particular track or disc.Some discs may click between 2 tracks out of 12 and some will click for 10 tracks out of 12. I put in an HDCD disc in it didn't click anywhere throught the disc.
Any advise would be highly appreciated.
Thanks
128x128mitchb
reubent
7,065 posts
 
Mitchb,

It would be helpful to mention the brand/model of the CD player you own. Over the years I have read about several different CD players that exhibit the exact trait that you mention. For those players, the "click" was normal and was a function of the player.

I'm not saying it is right to build a player that exhibits this trait, but I know there are some "boutique" players out there that have this issue.

TIC
eldartford
4,262 posts
 
Clicks happen. In my case they are rare, and never happen during the music, so I will live with them.
entrope
482 posts
 
I found clicks on CDR's that were recorded at higher speeds but never on factory recorded CD's. The clicks are not mechanical however but reproduced through the speakers.

A possiblity for you?
ngjockey
1,042 posts
 
If you're referring to your Talk CDP, I have the same and have never heard a click. I did remove faulty RC chip from socket (only socket near front) and use front panel switches only.

It's possible that many transports utilize a filter/muting relay to eliminate tracking noise and that this one omitted that feature for sake of sonics.
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mitchb OP
337 posts
 
It is not the Talk player but thee Jungson Moon Harbor player in my second system and funny Ngjockey that you should mention Talk as I spoke to Kevin at Talk electronics last night at 2:30 am pacific time and he said that some players do what mine does in order to release digital crap before it becomes an issue of sonics.Apparently it improves the sound a little and makes the player sound better by releasing digital with no information such as long pauses between tracks.That being said I have never heard of a CDP doing this before so I still suspect there could be fault dispite mty reassurances. I must add that the moon Harbor Tubed edition is a sweet sounding player and it's only been plugged in for two days.
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