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Classic Audio restoration and troubleshooting.


06:07
C.E.C. TL-0X Belt drive Transport - the inside story. 1st time TL0 electronics is shown on uTube
04:53
C.E.C. TL-0X Belt driven CD Transport. Current model which I am told costs over A$70,000.
07:00
Wadia 861SE (Special Edition) modified by Great Northers Sound Company - GNSC mods revealed.
04:07
Altis CDT-1 top loading CD Transport with Philips CDM-1 Mk2 laser mechanism
02:09
Sony CDP-338ESD - how not to replace laser head and parts in general - Part 2.
02:17
Sony CDP-338ESD / KSS-151A - how not to replace laser heads and parts in general. Part 1
07:07
Sony CDP-X77ES - top quality unit but not as good as older Sony players. Poor SPDIF, poor connectors
07:44
C.E.C. TL-5100 Belt Driven Transport - highly modified Italian job which did not work at all.
05:39
Marantz CD-95 - a player with 2 x TDA-1541A Single Crown DACs & CDM-1 swing arm, magnetic drive mech
02:39
Braun CD4 -2 short troubleshooting video.
02:24
Luxman D-321 only needing a minor service. Very nice finish and very good Analogue Devices DAC
03:57
Sony CDP-338ESD which was occasionally reluctant to start rotating the CD due to faulty driver IC.
02:14
Sony SCD-777ESD - 2nd video showing high ESR SMD capacitors on the servo board. Unit needs a re-cap
04:22
Sony SCD-777ESD - great SACD player. Well made and engineered. And the effort that went into loader!
00:39
Wadia 16 digital output (SPDIF) quality. One of the best ever.
04:54
Sony CDP-555ESD - the case of 50% cheaper player ending up costing way more than a fully priced one
01:14
Is modding really worthwhile? Do you know if the mod you paid for is installed correctly & works OK?
06:01
Rotel RCD-965BX CD player with Philips CDM-4 magnetic swing arm laser and lots of modifications.
03:23
Marantz CD-40 (Philips) remote control. Very unusual unit which case is glued together.
06:07
Marantz CD-63 Mk2 K.I. (Ken Ishiwata). Yest another video about yet another heavily modified unit
06:32
Limit switches cleaning and belt replacement in Sony CDP-338ESD - special request video for Arthur
02:24
PS Audio BHK Signature Pre-amplifier. Fully balanced with XLRs on 5 tube inputs and 1 output
05:50
Yamaha CD-S700 Modern player with DSD decoder but with old, trusted Sanyo SF-P101N laser pickup
04:11
SONY SCD-777ES SACD Player. Truly Byzantine design and build. Sadly, does not reliably read SACDs.
03:22
Marantz CD-52 with a common tray travel problem that is easy but time consuming to fix.
06:29
Electrocompaniet AW-100DMB power & EC-3 pre-amp. Anniversary Edition finished with Larvikate fronts
03:48
Audiolab 8000CD - competent modern player with Cirrus Logic DAC
04:42
California Audio Labs CL-15 HDCD Player with digital input and 2 x PCM-1702 DACs from Burr-Brown
04:49
Cambridge Audio CXC CD Transport featuring Sanyo SF-P101N laser mechanism. Quality modern unit.
06:23
Cary Audio Design. 2 x PCM-1794 & PMD-200 HDCD IC. 2nd video about features, built and the fault
04:59
Cary Audio CD 303/200. Top class unit with 2 x Burr-Brown PCM-1794 DACs and PMD-200 HDCD filter
06:44
Kenwood L-1000D balanced output CD player c/w magnetically driven laser head. Quality design & build
07:22
Marantz SA-11S1 SACD player. Excellent build & finally a proper differential balanced output on XLRs
04:29
Naim NAC-62 pre-amp & NAP-140 power amp. Mysterious lack of supply to the pre.
05:22
C.E.C. TL-1 CD Belt Drive Transport which strangely failed to play test racks with larger faults.
06:21
C.E.C. TL1 CD Transport - heavily modified. But is it a good thing?
05:51
Sony CDP-337ESD - excellent at CD Transport with KSS-190A best ever laser Mech & 2 x TDA-1541A DACs.
02:33
Perreaux Silhouette SXCD with Arduino remote control. Use remotes with Philips codes.
00:59
Meridian 598 now playing DVD-Audio disc via SPDIF
04:29
Wadia 16 now fixed. Sadly, other than service, Sony KSS-151A which was dead had to be replaced
04:03
Wadia 16 (2nd unit) with busted display, dead laser and in need for service.
03:41
Sony KSS-151A & loader. Out of Sony CDP-338ESD. Metal chassis, metal tray and the hidden brass tube
05:09
Sony CDP-C77ES - probably the best 5 CD carousel player. Decent mech, decent DAC. Quality build.
04:16
Meridian 598 DVD-Audio player. My first ever DVD-A machine. But is ti fixed or not? Please help
03:10
Sony CDP-C77ES 5 CD carousel player. Did not travel well - it was placed in the box up side down...
05:39
Perreaux Silouette SXCD CD player. New Zealand entry into quirkiest CD player design compaction.
01:29
Naim CD 555PS $15,000 Power Supply. All it does is a provision of +10 & -10V, +22V & -22V and 15.7V
04:24
Bang & Olufsen Beogram 4002 final video. Now fully fixed but perhaps further upgrades are in order
05:31
Naim CDS-3 CD player & CD 555PS Power Supply. The player has 2 x Burr-Brown PCM-1704 & PMD-200 HDCD
04:36
Beogram 4002 (5511) - part 2. Now it plays records but... the detector circuit is still cactus.
05:54
Luxman D-113D & Behringer Ultra-Curve DEQ2496. Great CD Transport & very versatile equalizer on AKMs
03:12
Bang & Olufsen Beogram 4002 - please help!
03:58
Teac VRDS T-1 CD Transport. Good quality machine build to a high standard with some extra goodies.
03:27
Wadia WT-3200 CD Transport. Marantz based, but certainly not a clone. It has a proper output!
04:03
Wadia 16 - another units with different faults. Unbeatable 4 x PCM-1702 Burr-Brown DACs & KSS-151A
06:25
Enlightened Audio Designs (EAD) Theater Master - Signature Edition. 6 channel DAC / pre-amp c/w HDCD
04:45
Laser mechanism re-assembly following a service - Teac VRDS T-1 Transport is used as an example.
03:56
TEAC VRDS T1 Transport based on Sony KSS-240 laser mech - with typical crumbled gear problem...
08:52
Marantz CD-94 Mk2 - yet another machine that was sent to me after failed belt self-replacement
00:52
Wadia remote controller repair - how to disassemble the unit without causing any damage.