Redbook playback problems with my Sony AVD-S500ES (Help)

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Upsamplers, DACs, jitter, shakes and analogue withdrawals, this is it.

I bought this DVD/CD/SACD player/receiver second hand (eBay) about a year ago. Initially everything was fine. I still have flawless playback of DVDs and SACDs, but regular CD playback has developed a glitch where the sound will periodically skip ahead or back a second or two. Sometimes there is a fraction of a second of silence and sometimes not. At first it happened about every 10-15 minutes, now more often, about every 3-5 minutes.
I am old enough to remember how a vinyl record sounded when some trash in a groove would throw the needle out of the groove. It is almost like this except there is not a loud pop (transient) with the CD version like I remember from playing LPs.
Sony ES components have a 5 year warranty, but I have been told by others not to expect Sony to honor this on an eBay purchase. I have tried using a basic Radio Shack CD laser cleaner and noticed no improvement. Perhaps some error correction buffer is overflowing at times. I enjoy the sound and convenience of this unit, and would pay up to $100 for repair.
RT Barr

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Topic - Redbook playback problems with my Sony AVD-S500ES (Help) - rtbarr 19:04:58 03/12/07 (1)

Re: Redbook playback problems with my Sony AVD-S500ES (Help) - Tom Schuman 03:04:19 03/13/07 (0)

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