PT Cardinal

[JohnW]

Yes its the Sanyo head - will give you the Correct Part # when I return from a business trip.

Do you have the Clock-Lock card in the ordinal (2x BNC leads to the transport)?

The servo sections very weak in the Transport, but the Dac uses 2x DAC7 - with SAA7350 & HDCD - still a good DAC.

If I could find say 5 Cardinal owners who wish to "Upgrade" there Transport - I would then happly spend the time to design a new Servo / Front panel PCB that could be retrofitted to the old case-work.

How about an upgrade for the Ordinal / Dacapo....

Also a new Clock-Lock interface with lower Jitter.

John

[ErikdeBest]

Hi JohnW

Thanks for the information and yes, the Ordinal have a Clock Lock.

I can't spend much money on this transport + DAC, simply because I don't have it.

Erik

[JohnW]

Hi Erik,

If I find a Good laser Head in my Lab I will send it to you.

John

[ErikdeBest]

Hi JohnW

Many thanks for your help. Hopefully I can get a good sounding CD player again.

I'm actually living in the Netherlands. I still have to change my identification.

Erik

[JohnW]

Hi Erik,

I'm actually living in the Netherlands. I still have to change my identification.

Well that makes it easier - I'm the original designer of the early PT digital equipment - Cardinal, Ordinal & Dacapo (you should find my name on the PCB's somewhere near the PT Logo - so if you cannot resolve the problems with your unit - I should be able to help.

All my PT prototype units have long disappeared – If you would be interested, I could modify a transport with the latest genaration servo chipset that will also play CDR’s and CDRW’s with a new Clock-Lock interface for your Ordinal – in exchange for the “limping” Cardinal (so atleast I would have one of my own designs at home)!

John Westlake

[guido]

Originally posted by ErikdeBest
Hi JohnW

Many thanks for your help. Hopefully I can get a good sounding CD player again.

I'm actually living in the Netherlands. I still have to change my identification.

Erik

You dont happen to have an unused cdm12.1 or similar? Would not mind a swap to help out the guy that i got the sanyo unit from. He wants to fix a 9 series multi disk player (the one that holds 5 disks).

greetings,

[JohnW]

Guido,

When I return from a business trip I will have a look - my "Lab's" spread over 3 countries - making it hard to find things sometimes... I remember seeing a CDM12.4 recently...

John

[ErikdeBest]

Hi John Westlake

All my PT prototype units have long disappeared – If you would be interested, I could modify a transport with the latest genaration servo chipset that will also play CDR’s and CDRW’s with a new Clock-Lock interface for your Ordinal – in exchange for the “limping” Cardinal (so atleast I would have one of my own designs at home)!

That would be fantastic. I'm really interested in your offer. I still have the original box and the IR, off course.

I think we can better have contact through e-mail for further details.

Erik

[hiwiho]

Sorry for the late revival of this thread.. is there any info you can give in which way the transport misbehaves? That sounds very much like the same with my cxd1167qz-based Nakamichi cd player 4...
drive gone crazy

Did anyone find a way to solve the prob? can cxd1167 be replaced by a better working dsp?

matthias