cd player jumps occasionally

**Bryn** · 29-04-20, 14:59

Originally posted by Oakapple View Post

I actually sold the third unit a couple of months ago and replaced it with an R4i Mk3. I'm afraid the instruction book does not say what the mechanism is. I also have a Ruark radio R1 Mk3.

I must admit that I am still of a bent that when I get a new piece of equipment such as a disc player, one of my first actions is to open it up to see what sort of components it has inside. If anything looks to be a bit flimsy or otherwise of questionable build quality, it's back to the vendor with it. It does not guarantee future failure but it does weed out the blatant 'built down to a price' cases.

**jayne lee wilson** · 29-04-20, 15:54

Absolutely...first thing I look at in HFN reviews is the lid-off photo......
I recall Michael Fremer in Stereophile describing the interior of a particularly wellmade model as scenery worth pulling over for....

....

With digital, it never hurts to find out what the DAC is actually doing either....

**gradus** · 29-04-20, 20:17

I'm in far less exalted company than Jayne when it comes to a CD player but the main reason is that the cheap Marantz I bought from Richer about 30 years ago still sounds fine to me and I was able to repair the sliding tray mechanism such that it still slides! In all the 30 years it has never skipped nor refused a fence so I guess I've been lucky.

**jayne lee wilson** · 29-04-20, 20:20

Originally posted by gradus View Post

I'm in far less exalted company than Jayne when it comes to a CD player but the main reason is that the cheap Marantz I bought from Richer about 30 years ago still sounds fine to me and I was able to repair the sliding tray mechanism such that it still slides! In all the 30 years it has never skipped nor refused a fence so I guess I've been lucky.

C'mon, please tell me the model? M's CDPs were amazing for the money then... often upgradeable too...the '52 and '45LE were justly revered designs, the 63s a bit later......

**richardfinegold** · 29-04-20, 20:23

Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View Post

Absolutely...first thing I look at in HFN reviews is the lid-off photo......
I recall Michael Fremer in Stereophile describing the interior of a particularly wellmade model as scenery worth pulling over for....

....

With digital, it never hurts to find out what the DAC is actually doing either....

Framer gushed over a CD Player?

**richardfinegold** · 29-04-20, 20:28

My CDPs have been pretty reliant. I wish that the streamers that I have owned have been nearly as reliable. Streamers are gussied up computers and are prone to the same kind of software and hardware malfunctioning that your basic laptop has, only more so. Compared to them CDPs are heavenly. Pop a disc in, hit play, and no worries

**jayne lee wilson** · 29-04-20, 20:29

Originally posted by richardfinegold View Post

Framer gushed over a CD Player?

IIRC it was a mini tube MF design called the NuVista...or possibly an early Krell SACDP....

...and so it was.....

Musical Fidelity Nu-Vista 3D CD player Page 2

https://www.stereophile.com/content/musical-fidelity-nu-vista-3d-cd-player-page-2

Beyond the cosmetics, the build quality and finish are what you might expect of a Nu-Vista product: rugged, substantial, heavy, superbly finished outside, equally generous inside. The thick, rigid chassis, accented on the sides with heatsink-like lengthwise ribs, features a copper bottom plate and an internal copper substructure that encloses the transport and supports its logic-control board. Physically, at least, few would argue that you don't get your money's worth, though the black plastic remote, laden with rows of equal-sized buttons, may be less than what some expect for $4995.

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