7 Feb
2007
7 Feb
'07
3:40 p.m.
Can't say the same for *some* players I've
owned (thinks of Magnavox crap
in wastebasket about three months later just after the warranty expired).
IIRC Magnavox are essentially Philips. In the UK, Philips CD players were
knwon for developing dry joiuts. A complete re-solder would get them
going again and then they'd essentially go for ever...
It's a pity about the dry joint problem. The swinging-arm pickup
positioner (essentially like a moving coil meter movement) was a lot
simpler than the 2-stage servo system (course positioneing using a motor
and leadscrew, fine positioning usinf a 'moving coil movemnt' on the
objective lense, and has many fewer parts to wear out. So it should be
ver y reliable...
-tony