Anyone tried the original Playstation 1 for CD?

Okay, I know this is an ancient thread but I didn't want to start yet another playstation thread...

When someone says it takes 2 days of warmup to reach peak sound--is that simply being turned on or is that with the CD being played/read?

I can't say I've noticed a difference (powered up for weeks now), but I was already very happy with the sound. Now if I could only get them (I have two) to track worth a flip. Won't play some CD's (especially "home-burned") and has the occasional 1 second or longer lapse.

So am I the only one with tracking problems? I've had 3 units (still have 2 of them) and have problems in the areas of:

won't play a disc at all, and

will "hang up" for a few seconds every 5 or 10 minutes.

Kbuzz, thanks for confirming. I guess I need to get one that is "gently used...?" I'm only paying 20.00 but I'd like to get one that's reliable if such a thing exists.

My younger son told me to turn it upside down, a gamer's trick, but it didn't help.

The sound is great--some albums that I've listened to on LP and CD for years sound just amazing on the PS-1. So amazingly alive and almost magical. I'm definitely on board (at least until I can afford a high-dollar CDP)