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On Dec 2, 1:45*am, Cy Suckerton II wrote:
*From Mr. Phillips' web site;

"Perfect Sound Forever. The CDs may last forever, and that is a
definite advantage over analog LPs but the players certainly don't
last forever. Every new CD player I've purchased was to replace a
fallen comrade. When CD players break, it's usually the entire laser
mechanism that dies, which is most of the cost of the player. These
machines, in other words, are disposable. Every turntable I've ever
replaced was a simple upgrade and I usually received a decent trade-in
allowance. So don't even talk to me about the cost of replacing LP's."

*In 1998, to use a random example, McIntosh sold the following:

MCD 7009

"ELECTRICAL: Response 4-20kHz (+0.3 -0.3dB). Dynamic range 99dB. S/N
110dBA. Separation 110dB. Distortion 0.0013%. Sampling rate 352.8kHz.
D/A conversion Bitstream. Digital filter (eight times oversampling
with 20 bit digital filter). Error correction cross interleaved Reed
Solomon code (CIRC). Readout 3 beam AlGaAs laser 780nm. Analog output
2.2V. Digital output: 0.5V p-p/75 ohm (coaxial), -15dBm--21dBm
(optical).

FRONT PANEL: Glass panel. Illuminated display panel. Touch buttons:
open/close, repeat, stop, pause, play, rev, ff, back, next, power,
Disc drawer. Remote sensor.

BACK PANEL: Analog output. Remote control connector. Data in. Digital
output: on or off, coaxial and optical output.

Has HR7009 hand remote. Size 5-3/8"H, 17-1/2"W and 15"D behind panel.
Weight 22 lb. Sold from 1995-. Last retail price $2750.00 "

*(Fair Use fromhttp://www.roger-russell.com/elect.htm#CDPlayers* )

*OEM cost on the CD mechanism in that player was on the order of
$100.

*During that time I was working as a contract station engineer for a
four-station group in the Southwest. Our facility had several consumer
CD players which we would summarily replace once a year *and a couple
of broadcast grade Harris and Denon units in high cycle positions. The
replacement drive assembly for the Harris was in the $200 range and
would last about two years of heavy use. i was amused then and more so
now at the people who bought the attractive but ridiculously expensive
mc player as I knew the mechanism would EOL a couple of years before
most of the fleet started losing drives.

The brand of CD players Scott is referring to is Naim. I owned my
first player, the CD3, for well over a decade. I traded it in on a CDX
2. The CD3 is probably still working in someone's home.

I'm using a cheap Denon right now because I ripped most of my CD
collection to a music server. The only time I listen to a CD is in my
car, and those are usually CD-Rs.