[Serge Auckland[_2_]]

On Christmas Eve I was given a Marantz CD63 on Freecycle. This is the
original 1983 champagne-gold top-loader in visually pristine condition.

Sonically it works really well, and it brought back to mind the incredible
reaction to CD many of us had in 1983. The sheer convenience, the lack of
background noise or distortions, the ability to skip or include tracks, it
was then a revelation, and the slogan "pure, perfect sound forever" had
meaning.

However, the CD63 has a very noisy spindle motor, and I'd very much like to
quieten it so I could use it in a second system. From looking at the CDM1
service manual, it doesn't look like the motor is able to be serviced. It
says that the bearings are sealed and shouldn't be lubricated. I'm reluctant
to try and dismantle the motor as that could well stop the CD player working
at all. Does anybody here know of a source for CDM1 mechanism motors, or
indeed whole mechanisms? Alternatively, I'd be happy to buy a complete
faulty CD player that has the same mechanism, provided obviously, the motor
isn't at fault.

Any help or advice would be much appreciated.

Happy New Year to all

S.


--
http://audiopages.googlepages.com