refurbished xa7es or scdxa9000es

I'm using my XA7ES directly into a Pass Aleph 3, in my bedroom music system. I would not accept a 9000ES in it's place. What was wrong with your XA7ES when you sent it in?

Hey Daniel,

A local tech said he thought the problem was a "logic" problem and it probably needed a new chip. The local tech is a very knowledgable guy. Sony would not tell me exactly what they thought the problem was. From my perspective, it would power up, but not play. Should I ask for a scd-1 instead or is that asking for too much?!

--Doug

You can push Sony very hard, but you have to move on up the ladder to a decision maker and make your case, probably by saying yours was a top of the line CDP way back when and now the SCD-1 is. It took me a few months to push the process along but I ended up with what I wanted.

Happy Listening.