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Most Reliable CDPs?

I have for some time been searching for a CDP (2-4K used), and have been quite struck, in reading the forums here, how many players, including top makes, are said to exhibit reliability problems. I realize some of this may be inevitable, given the technology, but are there players out there known for being trouble free? (My first player, an early Sony purchased from a dumpster, never glitched.)

John

North Creek Eskas
Stratos Dual Mono
Marsh 2000b
Jolida 100
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bigbucks5
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Esoterics are extremely well made and very reliable. However, they sometimes can be noisy, exhibiting varying amounts depending on the CD being played. If this kind of thing bothers you, then make sure you listen carfully to the particular unit you may be interested in buying.
bigbucks5
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04-03-08: Wwshull
i have heard several esoteric units from there very top of the line down to the sa-10 none of them have been noisy. dont know where you are getting your info from but i have never heard a noisy unit or nobody i know that owns one is noisy
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Well then, you haven't don't much searching on the various audio sites. You will find plenty of posts where owners complain of mechanical noise of varying amount depending on the disc being played. This doesn't mean they all exhibit this 'problem', but some do, that's why if you are buying used (or even new) you should really take a listen first.
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04-03-08: Ckoffend
Bigbucks5, Can you elaborate on the Esoterics being noisy? Is this a mechanical noise from the player or noisey from the sense that it is be conveyed as the output of the unit and through the speakers?
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Purely mechanical transport noise; not thru the speakers.
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