I had the laser go out on my Cary cd player a few years ago . They wanted a ton of money to replace the cd drive . I got the drive model number , bought one on ebay and replaced myself . So yes , rewind it and not be held hostage .
I had an issue similar to you some years ago, I took the offending transformer to a Transformer Rewinder. They'll strip off the old windings and screen if there is one and rebuild it.
You'll have to do a search for someone in your general area to do this for you., Regards
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