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I know sooner or later the laser and/or the drive dies...
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We have an old Magnavox from the mid 80's (yes, *that* Magnavox) and it is still going strong, but is in the basement used occasionally at this point. Had about 15 years of heavy use and still works.BUT, no kids, and we tend to baby the gear regardless of price.
My brother has my Teac that I bought in '85. It still works, although I think he probably uses his DVD player more these days.
My Scott CD player (bought in 1986) is in a friend's system and still working.
It's developed a slight noise but the beast will not die.
Built like a tank and decent sound.
YECH
is what I got from my 1986 Hitachi (10 years), and 1996 Technics (5 years). I used the Hitachi on the average of about 8 hours a day (when I was younger and had no job) so I don't know why the Technics conked out with only about 2hrs per day :(
Also my Nakamichi changer that I bought in 1994.And my Ultech that I bought in 1998, which apparently had so many failures in the first year of ownership that the company went under because it couldn't make good on the guarantee.
All of 'em still work perfectly.
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If I'm not mistaken, the laser component should last at least 10,000 hours.I was one of the early 'CD adopters', got Revox CD player. Mechanical component died in about 6 years, got it replaced by Revox (with a 'better component, as they've said, since they've uncovered some deficiences in the original design), while the laser part was --- and still is --- alive. So -- with a luck, your player will be ''morally obsolete'' before it dies physically.
mainly for background music now, but no mechanical problems.
Believe what your ears say - not hearsay.
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I've got a Denon DCD-1700 purchased around 1986 and it's still working fine. But that's probably longer life than normal.
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