Well, it has been some time since my last post because I am busy with other things. Now it is time for a short recap about the repair of Sander’s Sound Machine.
To make a long story short – the CDM2 still causes some troubles although I replaced it and it was working fine on my side. It has been a complicated repair because the Machine is in a very bad shape. A lot of broken buttons, cables and PCBs. There where a lot of signs of other repairs and as Sander pointed out it was basically all the time at a repair shop. Anyway, everything looked fine and I used the CD555 several days before I declared it as finished.
Back in August I sent the machine back to Sander by declaring it as “fragile” with high costs of shipment. However, when the Sound Machine arrived the CD-Player got stuck and was not playing at all, even not spinning the disc. Note to myself: use the transportation lock the next time.
Sander decided to take a long “weekend” journey all the way from the Netherlands to Austria to give it a second try. When he arrived I disassembled the front panel and got the CDM2 back in place. We tried several discs and except one (which was also not playing on my other CD555’s) everything seemed to be fine.
Returning at home it seems that there are still some issues with the CDM2. Surely, it is obvious that some newer CDs cannot be played by those old players. I own only two which are known to make problems on some devices, even newer ones. Guess it’s because of cheap produced Audio Ads wich do not follow the strict rules of the Audio CD Red Book Standard?
We finally agreed to wait when I travel through the Netherlands the next time and replace the CDM2 again. In the meantime he can use the rest of the Sound Machine and plays CDs through the line in channel.
As a resume, I learned a lot and was able to define necessary steps to maintain the tape mechanism.