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Transport Life Expectancy

I have a general question about used cd players and transports. In general, I'm hesistant about buying a used cd player or transport because of concerns about laser life/alignment as well as all of the moving parts in a transport. The only equipment I've ever replaced because of failure due to wear and tear or longeveity have been cd players. What's the general consensus obout the life expectancy of a tranport (or cd player). Are units that are older than 2 to 3 years really worth bothering with? I guess that I should specify that I'm not really thinking about the megabuck transports or players(>$4000-5000) but more in terms of players like the Rega Jupiter or the Classe transports that show up used in the $500 to $1500 range.
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I'd say about 5 years for an inexpensive transport.

However, if you can find out which transport is used in the player you can buy a backup from a company like MCM electronics. For example a replacement VAM1202 transport for a Marantz CD17 (a $1000+ CD player) is only $35 !!

You may not be able to install it yourself, but at least you;ll have one to give to a repair guy if your player ever needs fixing.

Some manufacturers hold a stock of spare transports for just such an occasion. Rega may do this.

So if you're prepared to do a little research then a broken transport may not mean the end of your CD player.
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