Any Issues with Levinson 37


I am looking into buying a used Levinson 37 transport where the number of hours on the unit is unknown. Everything seems to work fine (I have it out on loan), the drawer works smoothly and all the mechanics seem sound. Played a few disk and there were no problems.

I wanted to find out what types of issues people have had with this unit, is the laser and transport mechanism still made, etc. . . Just trying to find out what I am getting into. I do know it sounds wonderful.

Thank you.
dewinkle

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When I had a No. 39 CDP, which used the 37 transport, I did encounter some CDs that it would not play, including some "enhanced" ones with video on them. Frustrating, but it seemed to be unfixable -- a characteristic of the Philips transport used in this unit. Great sounding transport, however, and otherwise entirely reliable.

One other frustration, which I assume applies to the 37 as well: it does not read indexing within tracks. I have one or two test CDs where, for example, individual test tones will be indexed all within a single track. The Levinson does not read out the index numbers nor will allow you to jump from one index point to the next. Too bad.