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.
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.