Would you return your CDP.....

Hifitime. I should have quite a lot more time on the warranty. It's a Rotel RCD-1520 purchased new in July. It sounds great but I'm not totally convinced I like the slot loader.

Audiofeil. It's not tubed so I will take your advice and leave it on. I've never heard a tubed output player before. I would like to hear the difference.

Thank you both for your advice. I've learned so much since I bought my most recent system that if I were purchasing it now, I probably would have looked into other option for a CD player, such as SACD. I have so many CD's thet I really need something like that.

If defective have it repaired or exchanged. Don't settle for flawed performance even if the issues are minor.

BTW, if it's not a tubed output player, leave it powered up 24/7.

Do you have it plugged into something that's switched?You could check the manual to see if that could cause a problem.If it is the unit and still under warranty,I think I would look in to getting it serviced.They may have a problem getting it to act up though.Hopefully you have a lot of time left on your warranty encase you have to wait for it to get worse.