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Do you like 'em or not?
I've heard they can scratch discs, anyone think that's true?
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Saw a Slot Loading SONY on a recent trip to the DAV / GOODWILL stores.
It looked OLD.
Too much is never enough
Even the best ones seem to leave little marks on the disc. Rubber traction wheels, etc...
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"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
Nay. I prefer a top-loading spinner.
Too many things can go wrong..... I also think the transport/laser mechanisms aren't as robust as those in conventional players.
I also cannot count the number of cars I've been in which had a CD stuck in its slot-loaded CD player.
When Steve Jobs first saw the prototype for the original Mac he was furious that it didn't have a slot for CDS and had to go with a tray. It was several months after release that they finally found a company to manufacture a slot that would fit into the Mac.
Alan
Toploaders are my choice.
1 Convenient.
2 No problems with mechanism's.
3 Very easy cleaning the lens and inspection for dust on it. (I'm a heavy smoker)
I have 3 of them, never let me down.
The loader in my iMac (Sony) is smooth and quiet, however, the one in my MacBook Pro (LG) is noisy and scratches CDs. If I was in the market for a CDP, I will get a Naim 5si with its smooth manual loading tray.
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I've taken some apart. There's no possible way *those ones* can scratch a disc as there's no possible way for anything to touch the "playing surface". The loading mechanism only touches the edge of the disc. I actually prefer these, after initially greatly not preferring them...much stouter mechs than the flimsy trays in even some pricey players.
Yes, it is typically a slight pain to remove a stuck disc in one of those, but some have a pinhole you can poke through, and it does take a fair bit of force to push the mech so the disc comes out, there is a fair bit of gearing involved. I've never had a disc stick in one, but some people have.
I think some of the older car players is where the slot-loaders got their bad rep.
Favored by Bryston in their new $1200 BOT-1. I own one, it is solid, and makes better sounding digital files than my computer-based drive, or several external drives I have used. I doubt the slot-drive has much to do with this, but just mentioned because it's a contemporary product by a company known for solid build and long warranties.
I think the biggest problem is what happens if the disc gets stuck. It's relatively easy to open a drawer manually.
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It's amazing that hipsters who insist they can hear sampling remnants in interpolated 24/96 digital waveforms can somehow fail to detect surface noise from their own vinyl LPs.
Some, but not all scratch the discs. There's only one way to find out. I had an Olive music server that absolutely tore up my discs. The ones in cars seem to be better.
Jack
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