Can a CD player being close to a receiver or power amplifier affect its performance?


CD player used to be in another room from amplification. Now in an old Telefunken console on a shelf right under the amplifier .Exhibited all kinds of glitches. No disc, error, skipping, not finishing full play. Anyone experience this?
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Wrap the digital player in copper mesh sheets to make a faraday cage around it. Will stop any digital hash from affecting your other gear. Cheap too. Fold and solder the seams. Crimp or folded seams don’t really work that well. 
I’m make a habit of doing this with all my digital stuff that isn’t already shielded, and with any shielded cables carrying digital signals; along with outbound switching power supplies, their power cords and output cables.

It’s really surprising how it will quiet down your system.