Worth fixing?
I have a Rotel 951 CD player paired with an Arcam alpha7 amp and Paradigm speakers. One speaker cuts in and out occasionally. (Which doesn’t happen with the turntable). Swapped it with an Onkyo CD player and problem solved so it’s clearly the CD player issue. But it has some sentimental value. Ideas about what the problem might be and is it fixable by me. Or should I junk it.
@jwei. I invested $80 for a repair shop to fix my Pro-Ject P1.2 turntable which it turned out needed a motor no longer made. Won’t make that mistake again. @waytoomuchstuff. I did clean the contacts and checked the cables, I’m definitely not $300 worth of sentimental. Off to the recycle bin it goes. Thanks everyone. |
Update. I believe I have been blaming the wrong device. The new CD player also started doing more or less the same thing. Took @uncledemp ’s advice, recnnected the Rotel and started switching cables around. I think the issue is in with the Arcam receiver on CD setting connecting to the left speaker. (Turntable setting doesn’t have this problem). Does that seem plausible ? I switched to the SP2 connects and both speakers work. Might actually sound better. Since I only have 2 speakers this isn’t a problem. Or is it.
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