Educate me please

Good question, I also had to replace the transport in a 5K unit while my $189 Oppo plays on without a glitch. Fortunately, in many players, replacing the entire transport is pretty cheap and easy. I did it myself and I'm no tech.

saki70 ... you must have skipped class the day we discussed the 3 most common failures a CD player can experience

ha, ha, ha, ha!! LOL, indeed! I see, Dave, that you are back (from the Depths of Mordor).
BTW, I still have those ESP Essence power cords I bought from you & I remember your sarcastic but good natured sense of humour! ;-)

Mambir my good old friend .. I miss our thought provoking exchanges from the earlier part of the century ... good to see you active in the forum again

I must imagine by now those boys of yours have grown at bit and no longer want to be fire and police men and have turned their attention to chasing lovely bipedal females ... this most likely has turned your jet black hair to a wonderful salt and pepper shade

I have some advice ... “Just For Men” .. there is no status in over paying at the Salon

I sincerely hope saki70 took my comments in a lite hearted and humorous way as I meant no sarcasm or condescending ... only trying to help with the skipping problem ... but he did ask for a education .. so I took him to school

I hope my post enables saki70 to rescue his expensive machines with a minium cost and effort and why I suggested not telling tech it was skipping but wanted tune up similar to an oil change and tire rotation on his car

You people never seem to learn. How many times do people offer so-called mid-fi and lo-fi stuff for sell, saying they only used it for a few months while their mega buck 'reference' piece was being repaired. The high price has NOTHING to do with reliabilty and in many cases performance either. I put my $299 NAD in the garage because I got tired of looking at it, after 10 years of perfect service. I thought the mega-priced stuff was expensive due to 'high grade' parts being used??? You should certainly call your guru and give him an ear full.