Soix, I would have to agree that it is dying, but it saddens me that all my non-hybrid disc will join my 8 tracks when and if my Oppo dies. Ironically my first couple SACD players were Marantz then Ayre and now Oppo. I actually still have a brand new drive for the Ayre C5xe in case someone has a player that is in need of one. Ayre quite servicing that part years ago. Incidentally I finally pitched my Automatic Radio 8 Track recently.