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Audio Research CD7 sliding cover - How it works?

Hi, I wonder if someone could share your experience operating the ARC CD7 player. In particular, how are you supposed to close the sliding CD cover after you load a CD into the player?

Do you just slide horizontally? Or, you're supposed to lift (pull up) the handle on the sliding cover a little bit in order to close the cover fully?

By design, the shape of the handle (inverted trapezoid)suggests that it should be pulled up a bit when pulling.

Thanks for your help.
r0817

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r0817 OP
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Thanks for your feedbacks.
r0817 OP
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I meant to ask if you're supposed to lift the sliding cover handle a tiny bit towards the end of travel, when sliding horizontally to the left.

In my case, if I slide the cover horizontally without pulling up the handle a bit towards the end of sliding, the cover won't close completely. There is a kind of bump blocking the action. Any issue with it? Any adjustments need to be done?

Thanks for your help.
r0817 OP
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Gregf1, thanks a lot for your post.

Actually, I was able to figure it out last night myself. Now it slides very smoothly. CD7 is such a nicely designed and built player. Very solid and heavy-duty.

I was looking at the Marantz SA7-S1 but changed my heart for the ARC CD7. Well, the SA7-S1 is a good player but the CD7 is much more involving and emotional, thanks to the use of 6 tubes (mine was upgraded by ARC to have the 5881 tube, which replaced two 6H30 tubes).

CD7 presents a bigger and deeper soundstage, more air, more layers and better separations. These are my initial impressions after a very short audition.

BTW, I wonder if there's a dimming functing for the LCD display on the CD7. I read it some where either CD8 or CD7 has this feature (4 step dimming). But it doesn't show in the instruction manual.

Thanks again, everyone.
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