I was quite surprised to find so many broken CD players up for sale on eBay.
At all prices.
It's also disappointing to see so many Arcam players on there with faults as I'd generally taken them to be a reliable make.
As it was pointed out earlier the fact that they are such complicated machines leads to a high probability that some kind of malfunction will occur at some point.
It could be a transport issue or more likely a problem with reading discs. I've found this to to have happened with a couple of budget and midrange Sony machines (plus a PS2). Perhaps that explains why the prestigious ES machines are held in high regard?
It's always been a mystery to me as to why some players seem to be far more forgiving when it comes to reading less than perfect specimens.
A few early machines were said to have a real time error correction display, but this seems to have been universally dropped nowadays.
A real pity as it could have provided useful information in regards to the condition of the machine. An even better option would have been to make it switchable just in case we didn't want to get overly distracted with the mechanics of the machine.
At all prices.
It's also disappointing to see so many Arcam players on there with faults as I'd generally taken them to be a reliable make.
As it was pointed out earlier the fact that they are such complicated machines leads to a high probability that some kind of malfunction will occur at some point.
It could be a transport issue or more likely a problem with reading discs. I've found this to to have happened with a couple of budget and midrange Sony machines (plus a PS2). Perhaps that explains why the prestigious ES machines are held in high regard?
It's always been a mystery to me as to why some players seem to be far more forgiving when it comes to reading less than perfect specimens.
A few early machines were said to have a real time error correction display, but this seems to have been universally dropped nowadays.
A real pity as it could have provided useful information in regards to the condition of the machine. An even better option would have been to make it switchable just in case we didn't want to get overly distracted with the mechanics of the machine.