Anyone solved MF Tri Vista SACD problems?

My Tri Vista ran into serious disc reading problem a few months after purchase. The dealer in my area who repaired my unit related that the motor requires different speeding in reading CD versus SACD and the unit apparantely has some problem in accomodating the variance.

The unit did work very well after the repair but still I eventually sold my unit for sonic reasons. Since then I have heard of a few incidence of Tri Vista failure even outside Audiogon.

I don't think anyone should bother with this unit anymore. IMHO even if it is working faultless its sonics is not up there with some newer and cheaper models.

I no longer have the unit for direct comparison, but I feel that the redbook performance of my RAM full mod Oppo 980H, at a fraction of the price tag, has left the Tri Vista in the dust. Other than some warmth and screen which some may prefer I cannot attest any significant sonic advantage to the Tri Vista.

I am stunned that Musical Fidelity are not helping here -- does a hi-end company imagine people will pay their exotic prices only to be left hanging later due to 'parts obsolesence'? And this from a company that sold their Nuvista tube idea on the idea it had a matching spare for every customer? Someone ask all those MF lovers at Stereophile what they would suggest......perhaps Sam Tellig can ring his friend at the company for some help........If MF had gone out of business that would be one sad end, but given the fact they are alive and well, apparently working with their UK customers to resolve this, and still receiving more coverage in certain US media than would seem explicable on normal review submissions alone, suggests they might be responsive....

Even Mickey Fremer said in a review (a component other than the kW SACD--maybe an amp or speakers-can't remember) - said: I used my kW SACD, which still plays---for now.

MF (Musical Fidelity) just SUCKS. Simple. I don't care how good their gear sounds. After the CD experience, I will never buy a MF product again.

This is one of the reasons I'm using a computer base music server. The transport eventually failed in all my cd players ranging from a Pioneer Elite to very expensive Krells.

Recently I bought a MW Oppo BDP83 w/XLR mod for Blu-Ray and surprisely all the other formats are also excellent. For the 1st time I'm shopping for SACDs. This is relatively inexpensive so no worry if transport fails and Dan can't fix it.

If I were an owner, the initials "MF" wouldn't stand for "Musical Fidelity".