CD TRANSPORT THAT MAKES AN AUDIBLE DIFFERENCE

 a cheaper alternative to their trans, but can be used as one:

Project DS3 Standard sheet metal housings are not torsion-resistant and mechanical accurate enough to mount a sensitive CD drive where the laser position has to be correct all the time. Our massive aluminium chassis provides the best basis for the CD drive and our Blue Tiger CD-80 servo developed by Stream Unlimited is the most advanced on the market.

@mbmi 

A long time ago I had a CEC, but the belts stretched and were very expensive. I found a work around: a company who specializes in O rings sold them by the bag for less than one belt from CEC

Love my CDT 6000

I think a lot of people sell theirs as they do not understand how much better is sounds with a quality power cord and coax cable. I upgraded from Pangea’s Premier SE ($169) and Wire World Electra 7 power cord ($260) to Ali- Express Odin Gold coax and power cord, which were much less money and fabulous upgrades. If interested I bought from DIY HiFi Store

For a bit more ($899) check out the Pro-Ject DS3 cd player, but use it as a transport

https://pro-jectusa.com/product/cd-box-ds3-cd-player/

@cymivka 

Did you try unplugging waiting about 10 seconds then plugging it back in? Fingers crossed, it's nothing more than a blip in the internals

@cymivka 

Glad you were able to resolve without sending it out

Enjoy