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ARC CD 3 Doesn't read disc?
Thanks both of you for your useful suggestions, I'll try my Disc Washer CD lens cleaner again and also try my cleaning the disc with Ultra Bit. Just wondering because the Phillips Pro 2 is a 3 beam laser as opposed to a single ( because it will pl... 
Any ideas?? ARC CD 3 doesn't work
I'd prefer not to but, the cost was very reasonable (imho) and was less than what I had feared it might be and the Venom Defender just arrived as I was writing this too, so I'm a happy guy today and the CD 3 is on it's journey back home to me :). ... 
Any ideas?? ARC CD 3 doesn't work
Funny you should ask, I just heard from ARC yesterday that the CD 3 is ready to come home (yeah!!). Everything else was fine but... they did have to replace 5 caps in the power supply and did just some maintainence lubing the transport and also re... 
Bi-Wire Tuning
Jdrouin, I'm using cables that have 2 different thickness on my Apogee Slant 6s in bi-wired form (as spec'd from my provider), and yes they made a difference and I have done a bit of what you've also said. The biggest way I have found to help is w... 
Any ideas?? ARC CD 3 doesn't work
Will let you know what they say. They were closed for the Thanksgiving weekend when I wrote and asked so, I'm just waiting to hear back but, so far as reported it sounds like all else is up to snuff and will be put back to proper specs. 
Any ideas?? ARC CD 3 doesn't work
Thanks,I'll do that 
Any ideas?? ARC CD 3 doesn't work
Just got the quote back from ARC and it seems that there is (was) a cap failure and the quote wasn't nearly as bad as I had feared I've called and OK'd repairs and am giving Thanks and can't wait to have it come home again. 
Any ideas?? ARC CD 3 doesn't work
CD 3 is now at Audio Research (as of yesterday) now just hope that the diagnosis is not too bad. Will update when info becomes available. 
What cables are you running with your ARC gear
Grover Huffman cables are what makes my system sing. His Balanced cable made an night and day difference for me with my CD 3 Mk 2 and Silver bi-wire for my speakers. I've posted many accolades about them and of course this is my subjective opinion... 
Any ideas?? ARC CD 3 doesn't work
Well, the CD 3 is off to ARC to find out what's wrong. My local tech couldn't locate what was wrong but was very gracious and did not charge me a cent for his efforts in doing so. I'll post the diagnosis when I get it and I'll be ordering the Veno... 
Any ideas?? ARC CD 3 doesn't work
It is my belief that no he is not an authorized ARC tech but has worked on most all of the high end componets in the market place and he is about the only one in the area that is trusted enough to do any repairs. He has contacted ARC a couple of t... 
Any ideas?? ARC CD 3 doesn't work
So Far NOT looking good! Tech has just been looking and has been unable to find a cause to the failure. He has not removed anything at all and we agreed that if by Monday he doesn't find the root cause that it's going off to Audio Research. He did... 
Any ideas?? ARC CD 3 doesn't work
Minor1, I concur with your thoughts, my CD 3 is on the test bench waiting in queue to be diagnosed. As observations goes prior to this when I cleaning in my listening room I always checked it and it was never more than just warm even after an hour... 
Grover Huffman GH RCA ZX+ cables vs...
Sabai, I Think you did hit a very pertinent point in saying "in my system". As much as I'd like not to say... each system is different in their own respective synergy and each room also has profound effects on that synergy as well. I can say that ... 
Any ideas?? ARC CD 3 doesn't work
I'm in Upstate N.Y (Rochester to be exact) but, I'm really hoping that it's nothing more than just a fuse. As I keep thinking about it scares me because the unit was cold to the touch as opposed to just a touch of warm as it usually is. The tech a...