Bluenote Reliability

You make a good point Trelja. Wouldn't the Bluenote be better
in this regard. I'm pretty sure it uses a dvd transport.Is
it naive of me to think they are better.

Thank you, Blazen69.

If the Bluenote does have a DVD transport, I think it should be better.

My understanding of why so few audiophile players come with DVD transports for the simple fact that the costs involved in getting a player FDA certified (remember, it's a laser device) with a CD transport/laser head assembly are a fraction of what it would cost if it had a DVD transport. Obviously, a $5000 CD player would have no problem justifying using a DVD transport/laser head assembly from the standpoint of simply the cost of the part.

I'm surprised that more audiophiles don't complain about the fact that the sub $100 DVD players purchased at supermarkets and electronic stores are night and day more reliable than the high-end audio CD players of today. It's a real shame...

I completely agree.We shouldn't have to deal with reliability issues when we spend so much money.A $2000
cd player is considered low end but it's not really
cheap by most peoples standards.My $200 Yamaha dvd
player hasn't malfunctioned once in three years.Over
the course of the last few months i had problems with
2 Exposure 2010s cd players and one Copland which
ironically uses a dvd rom drive. I guess at the end of the day customer support is what really matters. Exposure has a small distributor with one tech who is incompetent. My dealer had to tell him what to fix, he couldn't figure it out on his own.Lol.
Not Good.

I own the BLue Note Stibbert Improved and I read this posting after I turned on my unit. Many times the draw
will open and close and I have to open and close the draw 5 times for it to finally stay open so I can load a cd.
The unit does sound very good, but I'm just wondering
when the unit will stop functioning. I'vd had the unit about a year. I hope there are no other problems with it.
Thankfully once the unit closes it does not open in the middle of playing a cd.

I have a Koala and the draw started sticking and sounding a bit funny when spinning. Then the whole front panel fell off. What had happened was the screws had loosened off the transport because of vibration, eventually vibrating the screws on the front panel. I contacted Bluenote and they blamed the supplier for opening it up. I told them that it still had their tape unbroken as a seal, but they refused to take responsibility saying that the supplier was known for upgrading their products and probably had some of their tape?. I do not mind the fault as it was just a matter of tightening things back up, but to blame the supplier is a bit crap.