Anyone hear of the Krell MD-20 transport?

First they offered the md-1(which I own)1989-1992,and later the more affordable md-2.After they followed with md-10 and md-20.The md-20 was again the most affordable of the two.
Mated with 32x processor,as opposed to 64x for md-1&md-20.
Mine is build like a brick,very well designed,cool looking and excellent sound.One hell of a classic.In addition the md-1 offers a hydraulic close down cover(it lowers down shot with a gently push like an automatic door).I believe the md-2 and 20 don't offer that,also md-1&md-10 has 4 adjustable leveling feet.The md-1 was designed around Philips CDM-3 industrial top loader cd-rom.I am not sure if md-20 is using same mechanism or newer one .The smoked cover was more expensive option than clear cover.
Hope that helps.In short all the above were excellent transports IMHO.
George

I would check with Krell to see if, in the unfortunate event that something goes bad with the Philip transport, is it still possible to get a new one, and the cost.

Richard

No you can't get a mechanism for the transport,I did my homework a long time ago.I called Krell Industries and talked to Patrick at Service.He said "enjoy it for as long as it works,then move on to the next best thing and keep it as a work of art item."Some people own older transports that still keep going,besides I don't put that many hours on mine,only weekends.They are extremely well made though.
George.

Yes, I called Krell and basically got the same response. The only difference is that they said that 'it depends' what breaks, but there would be a good chance that they couldn't fix it. I'm surprised that they don't have some stock of transport mechanisms for these better transports... I mean we're not talking about inexpensive stuff here. Well, anyhow I did buy the unit and hope it lasts a while. I certainly hope that it provides an improvement in sound quality over my Denon 2900 which is being used mainly as a CD transport, which is certainly the reason why I bought it.

Smeyers -- FYI:

Philips stopped production suddenly without notifying Krell. Dan D'Agostino was very mad!

ie: It isn't Krell's fault that they didn't have a lot of back-up mechanisms.

Richard