SACD/CD Drive Mechanism Replacement


Greetings!

I apologize in advance if this is a stupid question…

I’m  considering purchasing a used SACD/CD player.  I’m concerned that at some point the drive will give out. 
 

If I bought a replacement drive for it right away and just stored it; can anyone install it when the time comes, or must the original manufacturer do it?

 

I appreciate your help!

Best wishes,

Don

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Showing 1 response by sls883

I have a relatively inexpensive Denon DCD-1700NE sacd player.  For around $1500, I think it's a really nice sounding player.  I only have a few sacd, but a ton of cds that I've collected over the years.

I had been playing cds almost exclusively, but I recently purchased an Innuous Zen Mk3 streamer.  It's not their top model, but it does pretty well when fed into my Gustard R26 dac (via a U18).  It has a cd drive built into it that can be used to rip really good copies of cds to it's internal storage.  I didn't buy it for that feature, but I now find it pretty useful. 

I have a Marantz TT-15S1 turntable with a Hana ML moving cartridge and Sutherland TZ Vibe phono stage.  Not super high end, but it sounds nice.  I don't use it a lot because streaming is so convenient and I'm discovering a lot of new music through streaming (Qobuz).