Marantz CD5001 stopped recognizing discs. Junk it?
jephdood
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It's about a $150 player. Which puts it right in the range where it's probably not even worth a repair. I hate to contribute to our 'throw-away' society, but I know nothing about electronics to fix it myself, and I'm sure a repair shop will ram it up there and snap it off. I'm not even sure if there's a question here, but what do you guys do with stuff like this that breaks?
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It's about a $150 player. Which puts it right in the range where it's probably not even worth a repair. I hate to contribute to our 'throw-away' society, but I know nothing about electronics to fix it myself, and I'm sure a repair shop will ram it up there and snap it off. I'm not even sure if there's a question here, but what do you guys do with stuff like this that breaks?
I have a really nice CDP for sale if you want to junk your Marantz!:D
H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music. -
If something of mine breaks, I usually take it apart and see if I can fix it. If I can, good. If I can't, oh well.
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Most of the time, it is the laser transport. Those Marantz use a very common Phillips laser transport which can be found pretty cheap on the web (less than $30 usually). It does take a little knowledge to fix them though. If you take it to a shop, the bill will wind up being more than its worth.
To answer your question, I've taught myself how to fix many things over the years and I never throw away electronics unless the parts for repair are unobtanium. Lots of info on the web if you take the time to research.For rig details, see my profile. Nothing here anymore... -
If all it means is buying a part, unscrewing things to get to and ultimately remove the old/broken deal, then remembering how I got there and going back the other way to put it all back... according to some directions... I can handle that.
If it means no instruction, soldering, or anything beyond a screw driver.... no way."I did not slap you. I high-fived your face." -
If all it means is buying a part, unscrewing things to get to and ultimately remove the old/broken deal, then remembering how I got there and going back the other way to put it all back... according to some directions... I can handle that.
If it means no instruction, soldering, or anything beyond a screw driver.... no way.
No instructions included usually. There is some soldering usually. Can't remember specifically on that unit, but it pretty much always involves removing a grounding solder blob on the replacement unit. That one might need to solder the wires for the motors as well.For rig details, see my profile. Nothing here anymore... -
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