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Jason of NuPrime said the laser and transport assembly are Sony designs. Unless model no. of the laser is reveled, to see if it's easily available for replacement. I wouldn't recommend it or the Jay to anyone, because you could be buying a future lemon. |
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Well, your basic assumption is that people will want them repaired. This is a declining truth. So are you saying this CDt3 is a throw away item when the laser starts to skip? NO WAY do would anyone I know throw them out, if they don’t get them repaired they’re be usually sold off faulty, an these are the ones to get cheap "if you have or can get the laser". I ask you if your Linn Sondek LP12 or similar had a burnt out motor, in say 1995 when cd was well entrenched, would you not get it fixed or would you have thrown it out? Cheers George |
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celander no rational to his thinking.
I absolutely love the cdt 8.
By all means please send it my way instead of throwing it out when it starts to skip. Cheers George |
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Or, more likely cd transports and players will decline in numbers and the parts will simply sit on eBay.
I replace laser or mechs in many cdp's, you have no idea just how many now are unobtainium to get new, for many $5K-$20k CDP's eg: flagship models from Wadia, Mark Levinson, Naim ect ect. So if they're available now new for this CDT-3, for $100 get em now before your transport becomes a boat anchor, because of a bad laser, that may also become unobtainium new. Cheers George |
Looking at the way it's orientated from pics I doubt you'll see the makers sticker, better chance from underneath, but the mech would have to be taken out to see that angle 15min job 4 screws and 2 x ribbon/power connectors.
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CDT2, MK2 can be obtained for $350 What about just the laser, as the mechs usually out last 3 x lasers No word from Jason of NuPrime Audio about what Brand/Model transport/laser assembly mechanism is in the CDT-8 Pro. If there’s no word, they don’t want it reviled for some reason or another. Cheers George |
No proof that the Sanyo mechanism is in the CDT-8 Pro that’s why I said "Getting closer" that it may get them to deny it and maybe give the real one. But if you look closely at the tray and mech
on here and the other thread I started, the part of the laser that can be seen and the bottom shots of the laser rack, look very similar to a cheap dvd laser. Cheers George |
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If the laser is the same it's the Philips SAA7824HL laser
That is not a laser, it's a laser controller chip. Cheers George |
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Could be, "if" the lasers are the same, there's many instances that use the same mech with different lasers.
Why doesn't NuPrime say something and acknowledge, I'm sure they're aware of this thread, what's the big secrete?
I hope not like others before them which kept it quite and who charged like wounded bulls to replace a $20 laser that takes 1/2hr?
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Impossible?? all you can see is the tray and clamper.
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This we already knew that it uses a SAA7824HL controller chip, but it’s what the laser is for the 8 and 9 that needs to be told, so we can see if it’s readily available, and for a reasonable price, otherwise without knowing this i know I wouldn’t go near it.
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Aren’t all Phillips units out of production?
If that's the case and there's no subs, I wouldn't go near them. Cheers George |
Yeah but what one, as there are some very hard expensive Philips ones also.
Cheers George
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I recommend Jay’s CDT2.
Trouble with that, the CDM-4 laser is getting hard to get and expensive for a new Philips one. Does anyone know what the Nuprime CDT-8 has for a laser, as they quote a the chip on their site but not the laser/mech. Cheers George |
