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AYON CD-1s CD Problematic Tracking Issue

Have a gently used AYON CD-1s I just acquired. I have a serious CD tracking conundrum ..

Whenever I load a CD manufactured by a brand name, it sets up properly and plays.

Occasionally, however, I have a problem with these CDs (eg too much warp or other), and I need to make a copy .. so I make a copy using laptops I have ..

the copy plays WITHOUT any problems on my laptop(s) and on my old retired Melos tube CD player (which uses a Sony player, is 15+ yrs old, and has been very very heavily used) but it never sets up and plays on the AYON CD-1s ..

I usually end up making 2-4 copies, until one of the copies finally 'takes' and plays properly .. the other day I made 3 copies of a CD, and NONE of them took (the original CD rotated with a tick-tick-tick for some reason, so I needed to copy it) even though ALL CD copies played without problems on both of my computers, and on my old Melos.

So how do I get CD copies to play on this machine??? Is there any secret??? Do I need to use a special CD copy machine??

I suspect that the inner tracks of the copies are a bit too close to the CD center, and the AYON tracking head doesnt go into the center far enough to pick up the track start, whereas manufactured CDs have the inner track start a tiny bit further out from the center of the CD, and the AYON head picks up the start

Thanks

WCMozart
wcmozart

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jazzcourier
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This is your answer to your question,whether you like it or not.I just had (have) the same problem with my CD (EAR Acute) player.I found that certain Cd's would play and some would not.I get that same ticking sound and the player will not read and load that CD.I found it was mainly European discs that were overly long.I t was very frustrating and still under warranty,so i took it to the EAR tech locally.He did an extensive trouble shoot on the unit and tried three new lasers.It was not until we compared two of the same Phillips discs,one of older manufacture and one of very recent vintage that we discovered the issue.Some of these discs have an inner"fill in" at the center that prohibits the disc from being read in certain machines.Yes,the same unreadable discs do play fine in my Oppo and even in my car.
I would be curious if others have had this issues and before you start to tinker around with your unit consider what i have written.Of course,i would invest in the time and money to have someone familiar with your brand of player to scrutinize the issue.
Your follow up to this would be most interesting to read.Good Luck!
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