Dowser
Learning to bodge again..
Never even heard of this player before, but it came up locally for a stupid cheap price, so I bought it just to look.
It's a CDM9/44 mech with a single TDA1543 DAC chip, not noted for it's sound quality... Multiple faults - guessing it came from a repairer who used it for bits.
First issue was stripped tray gear, luckily I had stock. Then it doesn't read TOC (can heard laser desperately trying to focus, but no disc spin) - strip it and see disc tray a little low, try raising it - still doesn't spin disc, still hear laser trying to do something.
Fitted on of my spare 9/44s (I have a few for my CDIs ) and away we go. So either a duff laser, or spin motor - motor reads OK, but I still suspect it - I rule it out later.
Weird machine - seems to be based on stock Philips industrial servo and decoder boards, with their own DAC and output stage PCB. Not confirmed analogue audio out yet, but can confirm it makes for a very nice transport into me new (to me) Wadi X-32 DAC Need to decide whether to keep or flip.
Anyhow, photos;
Servo board that sits under mech - note it seems to support the CDM9 Pro hall motor ribbon connector too
Decoder PCB - look at that lovely digi out socket and cable
Philips Industrial
Sugden's own work
Sounds really good as a transport!
Richard
It's a CDM9/44 mech with a single TDA1543 DAC chip, not noted for it's sound quality... Multiple faults - guessing it came from a repairer who used it for bits.
First issue was stripped tray gear, luckily I had stock. Then it doesn't read TOC (can heard laser desperately trying to focus, but no disc spin) - strip it and see disc tray a little low, try raising it - still doesn't spin disc, still hear laser trying to do something.
Fitted on of my spare 9/44s (I have a few for my CDIs ) and away we go. So either a duff laser, or spin motor - motor reads OK, but I still suspect it - I rule it out later.
Weird machine - seems to be based on stock Philips industrial servo and decoder boards, with their own DAC and output stage PCB. Not confirmed analogue audio out yet, but can confirm it makes for a very nice transport into me new (to me) Wadi X-32 DAC Need to decide whether to keep or flip.
Anyhow, photos;
Servo board that sits under mech - note it seems to support the CDM9 Pro hall motor ribbon connector too
Decoder PCB - look at that lovely digi out socket and cable
Philips Industrial
Sugden's own work
Sounds really good as a transport!
Richard