New Emm Labs TSD-1/Dac-2 vs DCS Puccini

I have CDSA se before and sold it to my friend when I upgraded to TSD1+DAC2. Recently my friend told me the CDSA se has something wrong with the tray, every disc he played will have a circular mark about 1.5cm from the rim. This is exactly where the tray has a recess for the smaller disc. I guess the mechanism is skewed, when the disc is played the mechanism should raise the disk to spin. Somehow it didn't raise high enough so that when the disc is spinning it touches the tray. Of course it is only my assumption.

Bryan

Just heard the XDS1. It seems to be working much better than previous models.

yes, XDS1 uses the Esoteric drive which supposed to be the best disk mechanism money can buy.

Bryan

I understand the new one is very good but it costs 25000 $.
Don't you think that a cd player like the cdsase that cost 10000 $ should be perfect and very reliable?
Sergio

Its a shame that it having these problems. For 10000 I would expect a little better quality control. Unfortunately I will probably cross this one off my list. Its like buying an expensive sports car and having the transmission slip all the time. It makes it pretty much useless.