Recent content by rize

Does anyone have a copy of Bascom H. King's review of Naim NAP 135 and NAC 72 pre-amp published by the Audio Magazine? If yes would you mind sharing a scanned copy or selling? Cheers :-)

Thank you for your reply. I had this problem almost a year ago, didn't understand where it came from. I haven't listened the CDS with Nait-1 in some time and assumed the noise from one channel would still be there but now it's gone. I hope it stays that way. Something has changed, maybe it's...

I have a CDS/CDPS that I like to use with a Nait-1. With gray 5 pin DIN to DIN I hear a loud hum from one channel, possibly a ground loop. In CDPS I replaced a burned out orange cap and a transistor on the LM321 regulator card that powers the audio output circuits of CDS. I checked the...

The no-play condition does not always occur on higher indexes or length of play. I have many discs with more than 20 tracks or over 70 minutes which play ok. There are 3 cd's that I have trouble playing. All three have higher indexes, > 17. There were no problems playing them before the lube...

Thank you for your comments. "If there's no vertical play ..." Without a disk loaded in the tray and the puck attached, if I hold the puck and lift gently, I can feel the spindle below the puck lift up vertically - maybe a millimeter or so. I have a spare refurbished VAM1205 which does the same...

Some months back my trusty CDS-II intermittently would stop play in the middle of a track and go back to track #1. It finally stopped playing altogether - disaster. I degreased and lubricated the moving parts of VAM1205 which fixed the problem. If you have a similar problem, degrease and...

Thank you for your help. Now I have to find a VAM1205 that works with CDSII. Unfortunately the refurbished transport does not work.

I tried sliding out the inner-chassis to replace the VAM-1205 transport without any success. All the bolts are out. I understand the chassis is mounted on springs. The chassis slides out only partially - something is catching. I tried the Heimlich maneuver upside-down and right side up - same...

>>>>> From: "Service Department, Naim USA" It appears that the black conductor "N" on the SNAXO >>>>> (destination) end of the Burndy has been cut (intentionally- >>>>> clean sidecutter marks)–this is the ground used for the relay >>>>> circuitry of the SNAXO (any of the four variants: 2-4, 3-6...

Is the outer shell of the burndy shrink tubing? How do they get so many wires in there packed so tight?

Correction to my earlier statement on faulty black wire pin position. It's the pin marked with letter N (0V) and not letter P (0V SWHG). Yes ... the 0V wire soldered to the screen is shorter and with movement or bending there has to be more stress on this wire than the others. When I had the...

I doubt I'll ever be able to repair this cable because it's looks like a very professional job of assembling the wires, the mesh sleeve and the cable-shaking machine ;). I used this cable with my SNAXO 2-4 which was in fine working condition. I sold my SBL and SNAXO. Later I sold the SNAXO...

Thank you that's very generous. I just received my extraction tool from Digi-Key http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en?lang=en&site=us&KeyWords=192922-1450&x=10&y=13 Barrymagrec's recommendation is spot on. This tool costs $13.75 in the US and works very well on SNAXO burndy pins. Slight...

The cheaper ITT Cannon Extraction Tool For Use with: 1003-1199-ND - CONTACT PIN 20-22AWG CRIMP GOLD 1003-1198-ND - SOCKET 20-22AWG CRIMP GOLD FLASH 1003-1197-ND - PIN 16-20AWG CRIMP GOLD FLASH 1003-1196-ND - SOCKET 16-18AWG CRIMP GOLD FLASH 1003-1195-ND - PIN 14-16AWG CRIMP GOLD FLASH...

This helps a lot. Thank you.