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Is it a good idea to buy CD players over 10 years old even it is a reliable brand?

On cost consideration, I am planning to buy a 2nd hand CD Player like Accuphase DP 500 Player or Estoric X-05
which are around 10 years old or so.  The price is about US$2000~3000.  Of course, unlike amplifier, the CD player has a pick up head and mechanical gears, but even for the above brands which are famous for it's reliability, is it good idea to buy the quite aged CD players from them?

Tks. for the comment and opinion.
faust168

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zug
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Comment #2: I don't think you can assume that players today are better than those of 20 years ago at a roughly similar price point. Companies like Madrigal, Mark Levinson, were driven to produce fantastic players in the new field. Today? I'm not sure they are and I've heard mass market players, such as a Marantz I recently auditioned ($400), that had all that digital hash jitter that we thought should have vanished by now....
zug
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From how the question is phrased, I'm sure that Faust understands that disc spinners can break down, so I'm definitely in the camp of being reluctant to buy these -- for one thing, you just simply don't know how many hours are on it. I had a wonderful Proceed PDT3 that just conked out a year ago after 18 years of use and I had used it heavily! And it was the transport mechanism and could not be serviced. So as others opined, for more expensive disc spinners make SURE that they can be serviced.  
  I replaced my transport with a media server.
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