First off, great system. I really like the dp75 and think it's still a very nice player. Talk to someone that can tell you what drive is in it and start looking for one. Maybe $250 at the most. Then you have an item to sell for good money if you want to make a move.
repair or replace Accuphase DP-75V after 15 years
My Accuphase DP-75V has performed very well for 15 years, and still is performing well, except that on the rare occasions when it's power cycled, it may refuse to read discs until it's been re-power-cycled a few times. I expect that at some point, repeated power cycling won't help.
Accuphase USA can repair it for around $750. But maybe digital reproduction has advanced over the last 15 years so that I can get a better sounding new CD player for, say, $2500. (I stopped reading about audio when I decided I was happy with my system, back around 2001.)
I'd appreciate perspectives on whether I should repair or replace, and if it's replace, what I might replace it with. I'm not going to spend what it would take to get Accuphase's current offering in the DP-75V class.
The system includes Wisdom speakers, Gamut treble amp, Bryston bass amp, and Ridge Street cables. No preamp.
Accuphase USA can repair it for around $750. But maybe digital reproduction has advanced over the last 15 years so that I can get a better sounding new CD player for, say, $2500. (I stopped reading about audio when I decided I was happy with my system, back around 2001.)
I'd appreciate perspectives on whether I should repair or replace, and if it's replace, what I might replace it with. I'm not going to spend what it would take to get Accuphase's current offering in the DP-75V class.
The system includes Wisdom speakers, Gamut treble amp, Bryston bass amp, and Ridge Street cables. No preamp.