CD/SACD Player/Transport Recommendations
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The photo in this eBay listing is the belt that I’m seeing. I think all is well there.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185791887109
This video is of my player once a disc is loaded. It should be spinning up and then showing the number of tracks on the display. The disc never spins but there is a noise as if it is trying to.
I do not think there’s any belt going to the motor that spins the disc so it leads me to think the motor itself is probably toast.
https://youtu.be/ueJ_34aBdU0?si=5Fombv5WWZ719vks Brian
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If the motor was toast you wouldn't hear that noise.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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Send the player to me or disconnect the transport and send the transport to me.Political Correctness'.........defined
"A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."
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Interesting sound. I once had a DVD player that had an issue with that magnetic clamp on top. That is actually an integral part to mechanically link the disc to the lower DC servo motor. Someone mentioned a bad capacitor possibly being an issue, but since they are computer controlled servo motors, that is probably not the first thing that I would look for. You really need to take the whole mechanism out and check everything up close. At this age, the grease on the slides could have hardened, the bearings dried out, etc.
Check that floating piece on top to make sure it hasn't separated or whatnot. For the previously mentioned DVD player, I fixed it with a drop of superglue. IIRC, the magnet separated from the clamp or something. Most of the time, issues with CD players are from a bad laser pickup so I suspect this just needs cleaning/lubing on a micro scale.
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I can highly recommend one of these. Yamaha CD-S1000
They can be found used for what I consider a steal.
https://usa.yamaha.com/products/audio_visual/hifi_components/cd-s1000/index.html
