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Crazy to buy a 17 year old CD Player?

My ARC CD2 just died...I think the laser finally gave up the ghost.  Any how I've got thousands of red book CDs in my library and need a replacement player.  I'm thinking an ARC CD 3MKII or the Mark Levinson 390S.  Am I crazy to be thinking this?  Got a budget of around $2000.00.  My system, though dated, is made up of higher end stuff: ARC 25 pre amp, ARC VT 150 mono amps, VPI TNT IV, Wilson Witts, all running through Transparent Reference (Balanced).
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arcticdeth
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17 year old one yes, get a more modern reliable one.  17 years is old tech.
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arcticdeth
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I JUST ordered a amazing condition Pioneer Elite DV-79AVI to use as my main cd player.

heard good things. as long as it sounds better than my dv-48av and roteldvd-1040 and the 4 other cd players which failed on me in the last 10 months, i will be just fine.

its an old unit, but from what i hear, they are reliable, and sound better than 2-3X their price point!!
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