I am really disappointed with 'high end' audio - I had an AA DDEV3.0 and it failed about 6 years. My Teac VRDS10 had problems a few times during the first few years I owned it and recently the drawer mechanism starts to fail again. It is 12 years old now so I don't think it worth fixing. Then I bought a Denon DVD player (about $300) and it is unable to track any CDs and DVD after about a year (just out of warranty!). I bought a $25 DVD player from DSE and it has been good for almost 2 years now!Now I am too afraid to buy a new CD player. And when I said to my wife that I want to get a new Rega Apollo or a cheap CD player + good DAC, she said - honey, get anything you want, but just make sure it works.
I really have no idea what I should get ...
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Topic - Enough! I just want a reliable CD player! - Champion 12:18:58 11/06/06 (50)
- Re: Enough! I just want a reliable CD player! - JANDG 16:57:35 11/11/06 (0)
- Wow... you got them all Clucking away.... - Bare 20:49:16 11/09/06 (0)
- How about PC audio - Robert Joe 23:31:04 11/08/06 (0)
- My JVC XL444 has been working fine for over 19 years. - tketcham 07:18:57 11/08/06 (0)
- Maybe I've just been lucky, but . . . - JoshT 11:06:39 11/07/06 (1)
- I have the same Pioneer - docw 16:22:33 11/07/06 (0)
- How Little Can You Build a Durable CDP for? - Bob Neill 09:43:41 11/07/06 (8)
- Ditto...however, - Audio Pharaoh 10:32:13 11/07/06 (7)
- However? - Peter Qvortrup 08:05:11 11/09/06 (1)
- Re: However? - Audio Pharaoh 16:41:43 11/09/06 (0)
- Re: Ditto...however, - Bob Neill 11:06:46 11/07/06 (4)
- Re: Ditto...however, - Champion 12:25:10 11/07/06 (3)
- Re: Ditto...however, - Bob Neill 13:36:54 11/07/06 (2)
- Agree ... - Champion 13:59:38 11/07/06 (1)
- Re: Agree ... - Bob Neill 15:14:28 11/07/06 (0)
- Re: Enough! I just want a reliable CD player! - ts 07:22:03 11/07/06 (0)
- Re: Enough! I just want a reliable CD player! - saltyflies 07:18:25 11/07/06 (0)
- Re: Enough! I just want a reliable CD player! - zacster 03:52:43 11/07/06 (0)
- I must be the luckiest audiophile on earth. - Harmonia 19:44:46 11/06/06 (6)
- Re: I must be the luckiest audiophile on earth. - Ozzy 10:55:25 11/07/06 (0)
- Ditto with Arcam - Frihed89 00:21:52 11/07/06 (2)
- Ditto #3 for Arcam - Impoverished Audiophile 10:34:16 11/07/06 (0)
- Re: Ditto with Arcam - jimmycj 07:56:54 11/07/06 (0)
- Oh yes, you are very lucky!..(knock on wood).:-) - Audio Pharaoh 21:09:04 11/06/06 (1)
- Re: Oh yes, you are very lucky!..(knock on wood).:-) - PorkPieHat 02:49:56 11/07/06 (0)
- Re: Enough! I just want a reliable CD player! - digepix 19:33:25 11/06/06 (2)
- Re: Enough! I just want a reliable CD player! - Champion 00:26:03 11/07/06 (1)
- Re: Enough! I just want a reliable CD player! - digepix 07:29:40 11/07/06 (0)
- Re: Enough! I just want a reliable CD player! - lord addleford 18:33:45 11/06/06 (2)
- Re: Enough! I just want a reliable CD player! - SOUR MILK MOON 20:26:54 11/06/06 (1)
- Re: Enough! I just want a reliable CD player! - digepix 09:39:35 11/07/06 (0)
- I feel for you.. - Audio Pharaoh 17:56:55 11/06/06 (3)
- Re: I feel for you.. - Champion 18:14:58 11/06/06 (2)
- Some options.. - Audio Pharaoh 20:39:10 11/06/06 (0)
- Re: I feel for you.. - Champion 18:31:33 11/06/06 (0)
- One option - lancelot 17:02:10 11/06/06 (2)
- Re: One option - Champion 17:25:30 11/06/06 (1)
- No Arcam under $400 - psgary 19:53:22 11/06/06 (0)
- Maybe Toyota makes a player for you? - mr grits 15:41:51 11/06/06 (3)
- Any recommendation on a cheap CD player? - Champion 17:28:30 11/06/06 (1)
- Nah, I use cheap dvd players with an outboard dac. * - mr grits 18:11:02 11/06/06 (0)
- Honda yes, Toyota not any more - vettracer 17:21:32 11/06/06 (0)
- I feel that same way about cars....... - Chuck Y 15:25:59 11/06/06 (3)
- Volvo’s are one the safest vehicles in the world - saltyflies 07:17:05 11/07/06 (1)
- Re: Volvo’s are one the safest vehicles in the world - Zozo 11:40:02 11/20/06 (0)
- Hold on until 2007 . . . Wadia has a vehicle for you . . . - mr grits 15:51:09 11/06/06 (0)
- Re: Enough! I just want a reliable CD player! - SOUR MILK MOON 15:25:11 11/06/06 (1)
- Shanling - Audio Pharaoh 17:59:32 11/06/06 (0)
- I know what you should NOT get. - TopPop 12:50:12 11/06/06 (1)
- Re: I know what you should NOT get. - Champion 17:27:06 11/06/06 (0)