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CDP Repair or Replace? Seeking advice Please

Hi,
First, thank you for your kind response!
I own what may now be considered a vintage CDP, it is a Cambridge AZUR 840C which I primarily use as a DAC streaming TIDAL. I also have a SONY SCD-2000ES SACD player connected via COAX to it to play CD's. Well, the AZUR transport coughed up a furball and will not spin a disk, which sounded better than the Sony connection. I called a dealer and they said it would cost about $300 to repair it, I asked about (not that I have the coin) upgrading to the AZUR 851C and they were quite emphatic that my $ would be best spent repairing the 840C, they did not try to sell me anything else, again, just spend the $300. Question is, what would you do? Thanks!
grm

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georgehifi
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mr_m241 posts04-13-2017 12:01amGeorge. Is that Sanyo laser the same one used in the newer Cambridge 851C???
Yes just to confirm all the Azures except for two use this laser/mech and the fist one one azur340c used either, I'd say it was a MkI and MkII

CAMBRIDGE AUDIO azur340c

CS4338

KSS-213C / SF-P101N


CAMBRIDGE AUDIO azur350c

WM8728

Sanyo SF-P101N


CAMBRIDGE AUDIO azur351c

WM8728

Sanyo SF-P101N


CAMBRIDGE AUDIO azur540c

1 x WM8716

Sony KSS-213C


CAMBRIDGE AUDIO azur540c v2

1 x WM8740

Sanyo SF-P101N


CAMBRIDGE AUDIO azur550c

1 x WM8740

Sanyo SF-P101N


CAMBRIDGE AUDIO azur640c

1 x WM8740

Sony KSS-213C


CAMBRIDGE AUDIO azur640c v2

2 x WM8740

Sanyo SF-P101N


CAMBRIDGE AUDIO azur650c

2 x WM8740

Sanyo SF-P101N


CAMBRIDGE AUDIO azur651c

2 x WM8742

Sanyo SF-P101N


CAMBRIDGE AUDIO azur740c

2 x WM8740 + Anagram Upsampler

Sanyo SF-P101N


CAMBRIDGE AUDIO azur840c

2 x AD1955A + Anagram Upsampler

Sanyo SF-P101N


CAMBRIDGE AUDIO azur851c

2 x AD1955A + Anagram Upsampler

Sanyo SF-P101N


Cheers George



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georgehifi
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why are you thinking of messing with the laser?

OP "Well, the Cambridge AZUR transport coughed up a furball and will not spin a disk, which sounded better than the Sony connection."


Why not for $10 lousy bucks? Is it taboo to fix things yourself around here? The old ones rats**t anyway so can't be damaged any more. 
It’s literally a few screws and a couple of connectors to replace it. (No adjusting to be done)

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR1.TRC0.A0.H0.TRS0&_nkw=Sanyo+SF-P101N&_sacat=0

Cheers George




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georgehifi
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grm
Your  Cambridge AZUR 840C has a  Sanyo SF-P101N  laser/mech in it.
They cost under $10usd for the whole mech with laser, if you have just a little mechanical knowledge they take around 1/2hr to 1hr to install with no adjustments needed, $300usd is a ripoff, do it your self.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR1.TRC0.A0.H0.TRS0&_nkw=Sanyo+SF-P101N&_sacat=0

Cheers George 
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