stevebraxton
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| Higher End DACs Consider the Lumin X1 DAC streamer. It sounds great and vinyl like. It has an optional optic fiber input. One key factor is magnetic shielding which the X1 is designed to provide. (Superior magnetic shielding is the reason provided as to why m... | |
| Speakers for aging audiophiles - What's with today bass emphasis ? It may be good to consider a hearing aid to level set what frequency range to focus on. I understand from ENT specialist the new ones can be connected to a computer to fine tune for one's diagnosed frequency range loss. I am going through a simi... | |
| Repair a Sony SCD 777ES? stereo5, Your SCD777ES may be very repairable. The one I repaired required some work on Gear C in the transport assembly. It would not spin on the shaft which caused the read problem. I used a fine 3 mm round file to open up the bore hole. As I un... | |
| Repair a Sony SCD 777ES? jafant - Any contact info for Sony customer service in Michigan? Trying to find out if anyone has the Sony reference discs used to calibrate the laser assembly for SCD1 and SCD-777ES.BTW, what player are you using for SACD? | |
| SACD SACDs sound amazing on my Sony SCD1. So do Redbook CDs. SACD does seem to have more air, detail, and soundstage.One concern I have is maintenance of the laser assembly for SACD. If I understand correctly, the Redbook section is fixed in position w... | |
| Repair a Sony SCD 777ES? jafant and all,I am very happy to report that Bill Thalmann at MusicTechnology repaired my SCD-1 player. It plays great now.Per Bill "disassembled, cleaned and repaired gear bearing surfaces to get friction levels back to normal." | |
| Repair a Sony SCD 777ES? Hi jafant, Yes. I sent the SCD-1 to Music Technology in Virginia for diagnosis and repair several weeks ago. Still waiting to hear back.Thanks for asking. Will update this post when I know more. | |
| Importing files to iMac Here are a few other options to get best quality transfers.At the advise of acousticsounds.com, I purchased a Mercury Pro optical drive from OWC and transfer Redbook CDs directly to the HAP-Z1ES in .wav format.Acousticsounds.com also recommended J... | |
| Repair a Sony SCD 777ES? jafant-I purchased the SCD-1 in 2003 from J&R Music World.The build date is Sep 2001.I'll keep Pyramid Audio in mind. However, Texas is not close. I am in the south eastern coast.The local repair shop tech stated he will search for a replace... | |
| Repair a Sony SCD 777ES? Thanks jafant for encouragement on the SCD-1 repair!To all on this thread who care to provide feedback...I went to a local repair shop and described the symptoms.Without looking at the unit, the technician concluded the problem is with the reader ... | |
| Repair a Sony SCD 777ES? I still listen to CDs as well as vinyl. The SCD-1 is the best digital source I have. So I am very motivated to get it working again without issues. It would be a shame for a $3 motor to prevent enjoying this excellent CDP.Hopefully, the sled motor... | |
| Repair a Sony SCD 777ES? dgarretson, Thank you for the response. This was helpful.Can you provide the name of the OEM manufacturer for the sled motor ?"11. If you continue to have read problems, then replace the sled motor, which has been discontinued as a Sony part but i... | |
| Repair a Sony SCD 777ES? -- to dgarretson, czbbcl, or anyone who can answer...Please describe the proper method to disconnect the ribbon harness on the Sony SCD-1 to remove the top cover. I tugged on the harness and it did not come loose, so I just rested the top cover o... | |
| Mofi Returns for What & Why? I hope the revival of Mofi is a big success for both SACD and vinyl. I think SACD is poised for big growth. I missed out on releases of MofiI vinyl in the 80's and 90's and would like a chance to buy some high quality vinyl issues. MD /Mofi owns t... |