which cd-rom drive for diy cd player ?

grube47 · 25th December 2009, 10:14 AM

Hi everibody , i search a cd or dvd rom player with digital spdif out for a diy project , is there a model with good returns ? low noise and good loading speed ...

merry christmass

glt · 25th December 2009, 07:34 PM

In general, the older the better. Newer models tend to vibrate or start up with high speed.

grube47 · 25th December 2009, 08:41 PM

i have an ''old'' plextor px716 wich doesn' play dvd's , but maybe play cd's , i run test on it when i recieve the controler from hong kong

he's maybe very good

Thank's

trd1587 · 27th December 2009, 02:43 AM

I've got a bunch of old CD-Rom Drives from Old PC's.

PM me if you interested.

Marc

form109 · 27th December 2009, 02:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grube47

Hi everibody , i search a cd or dvd rom player with digital spdif out for a diy project , is there a model with good returns ? low noise and good loading speed ...

merry christmass

Get a CD or DVD Rom Drive that has more than one Button....the CD/DVD Rom drives that only have an Eject Button will be useless as they need a CPU to work...hope this helps

trd1587 · 27th December 2009, 03:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by form109

Get a CD or DVD Rom Drive that has more than one Button....the CD/DVD Rom drives that only have an Eject Button will be useless as they need a CPU to work...hope this helps

Well........
since this forum is DIY you might wanna take a look at this!

Regards

Marc

Add a play/skip button to your standalone CD-ROM Drive

grube47 · 27th December 2009, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trd1587

I've got a bunch of old CD-Rom Drives from Old PC's.

PM me if you interested.

Marc

Thanks marc , i've got a lot of players too , i've buy this controller ,for a low cost , it give me all the funtcions i need

i would only want to know your experiments with differents models of drives to find the best performance /noise of the unit ratio as possible

tvrgeek · 27th December 2009, 12:54 PM

The best standard CD is still considered to be the SONY SCSI, but of course, not IDE.
Sony or Philips transports seem to be the choice of high end players. Using old CD drives is not without the issue that they are old. Mechanical. Wear and lens gets dirty. CD transports got better servo when DVD came out. So, not sure this is still a valid path. Putting in your own DA, analog and improving the p/s on a generic CD player may be a better project unless you have a specific form-factor you are trying to build.

trd1587 · 27th December 2009, 11:26 PM

I've got 8 different IDE drives, wich are all different (from 6x to 52x)

Also i have alot of SCSI But no one has Digital ou connector. (plextor and sanyo)

It's a project still on the ice.

Marc

grube47 · 29th December 2009, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trd1587

I've got 8 different IDE drives, wich are all different (from 6x to 52x)

Also i have alot of SCSI But no one has Digital ou connector. (plextor and sanyo)

It's a project still on the ice.

Marc

Hi marc, i've got 2 plextor units (a px 716 and px 755) both have digital spdif out

but the speed is amazing , they turn very very fast

i hope to receive the controler this week and run the test (maybe run quietly with controler )

25th December 2009, 10:14 AM	#1
grube47 diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: liege	which cd-rom drive for diy cd player ? Hi everibody , i search a cd or dvd rom player with digital spdif out for a diy project , is there a model with good returns ? low noise and good loading speed ... merry christmass

25th December 2009, 07:34 PM	#2
glt diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2004	In general, the older the better. Newer models tend to vibrate or start up with high speed. __________________ www.hifiduino.wordpress.com

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25th December 2009, 08:41 PM	#3
grube47 diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: liege	i have an ''old'' plextor px716 wich doesn' play dvd's , but maybe play cd's , i run test on it when i recieve the controler from hong kong he's maybe very good Thank's

27th December 2009, 02:43 AM	#4
trd1587 diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Thurso, Quebec, Canada	I've got a bunch of old CD-Rom Drives from Old PC's. PM me if you interested. Marc

27th December 2009, 12:54 PM	#8
tvrgeek diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Md	The best standard CD is still considered to be the SONY SCSI, but of course, not IDE. Sony or Philips transports seem to be the choice of high end players. Using old CD drives is not without the issue that they are old. Mechanical. Wear and lens gets dirty. CD transports got better servo when DVD came out. So, not sure this is still a valid path. Putting in your own DA, analog and improving the p/s on a generic CD player may be a better project unless you have a specific form-factor you are trying to build.

27th December 2009, 11:26 PM	#9
trd1587 diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Thurso, Quebec, Canada	I've got 8 different IDE drives, wich are all different (from 6x to 52x) Also i have alot of SCSI But no one has Digital ou connector. (plextor and sanyo) It's a project still on the ice. Marc

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