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Is this worrth getting fixed? This is not a mk II. Right now, I can hear the internal portion powering on, but the display is blank and none of the controls are operating.

Wondering if it would ever sound nearly as good as my old Kyocera 710 or Quad CDP-2

bdunne
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roxy54
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I'd say donate it to the Smithsonian and move on.

bdunne OP
58 posts
 

Ha, I figured that much. Thanks.....

tweak1
3,658 posts
 

Over many decades I have owned lots of CD players (including a CA Labs) so many improvements since those days and a tremendous reduction in price makes repair a waste of $$$. Case in point, I recently bought a Shanling ET3 transport (MSRP $729) and am blown away everytime spin another CD. They also make a CD player and a player that also plays SACDs

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bigkidz
3,381 posts
 

IMO yes get it repaired and upgraded. How much do you want to spend?  You can add better power supply capacitors and upgrade key resistors making what was a very good CDP competitive in todays marketplace. We recently did an old Cary SACD player with over 100 parts.  Damm if it does not knock our socks off.

Happy Listening.

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