PS Audio Lambda transport making a 'tick tick tick' sound when playing CDs

Thanks all.  The CDM 9 Pro does appear to be difficult to find these days.  Wondering if an alignment and/or cleaning might help?  I'll look for a YouTube video to see if that might be an option.

Believe the Lambda uses the Philips CDM 9 Pro which if so is possibly going out. If you can find a mechanism you’ll probably end up having more in it than it’s worth. Many, many years ago I had a Yamaha player that did the same ticking that first started at the end of a disc and eventually died altogether being the laser. Unless you love it you’ll probably be better off getting a Cambridge CXC Transport. Agree probably a good idea to reach out to PS Audio but my guess is they don’t service the Lambda anymore as Philips stopped making the drive a long time ago.

Evacuate the room...immediately!

Have you tried calling PS Audio?  When I've had issues with their equipment, they have been great about providing help.

Sounds like the the cd is skipping due to the players inability to properly play a much longer disk. 

Could an out of balance CD translate to that sound coming through the speakers?

Not sure about that but maybe. I have opened the tray on a disc that was clicking and gave it a partial turn and reloaded it and have it spin OK. I've also had a disc that would not stop clicking in one drive but worked in others. 

It's definitely coming from the speakers, not just a physical sound of the the CD rubbing up against something on the internals.  Could an out of balance CD translate to that sound coming through the speakers?

Thank you,  Mark

Out of balance CD perhaps, it happens.