Marantz CD63 & CD67 mods list

If you do that, you are shorting the opamp's output to GND (for AC signals). Most of them are short-circuit protected, but I can imagine it's better no to test that too often...

The DOS won't mind, as long as there's a cap in series to block the DC signal. Otherwise you are in trouble :D :hot: :firefite: :eek:

Thanks RAY. As shown in my uploaded photo I used LM4562HA opamps in my CD63 SE and there is a blocking cap to get rid of the DCs. I don't have the 47R in series and it seems to me that there is no problem to the opamps :p But to play safe I think I better insert a 47R :)
 
Yes, it is the nicer way to do it that way. Plus you get better damping of the output signal if the relay contacts start to have a bit of resistance.

Hi Ray ... look your web for CD 63 KI Mods
then go to mods list

i feel my mods a little bit harsh now and looks
like i didnt finish some works

1
Disable muting circuit: remove QN24/25/91/92 and RN27/28
(cuts analog -12V to muting circuit)
i forgot did i desolder RN 27 & 28

2
Remove U207, U211 and U262 (and cut trace) to disable traces running to
headphone section. Decouple each muting line to GND with two 100n/X7R
at junctions U222/223 and output side to remove noise, coupled-in to analog
section from digital-out trace that runs in parallel with muting lines for several inches!!
looks like i didnt do this too, solder 100n to u222 & u223 ?
or u222 to u223 ? can you show me the picture ?


3
Please look the picture
where this 2 jumper cable from and goes ? ( one is u210 to c657 ? )
you didnt jumper c655 and c658 ?

Thank you, best regards
 

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Looks like i will do this mods Matthieu Splendid Work
Sometime, if i do heavy mods the CD will be broken.
I will change LM 7812/7912 with LM 2940/2990 - 12

Thank you RCruz
 

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Hi Ray ... look your web for CD 63 KI Mods
then go to mods list

i feel my mods a little bit harsh now and looks like i didnt finish some works

1
Disable muting circuit: remove QN24/25/91/92 and RN27/28
(cuts analog -12V to muting circuit)
i forgot did i desolder RN 27 & 28

2
Remove U207, U211 and U262 (and cut trace) to disable traces running to
headphone section. Decouple each muting line to GND with two 100n/X7R
at junctions U222/223 and output side to remove noise, coupled-in to analog
section from digital-out trace that runs in parallel with muting lines for several inches!!
looks like i didnt do this too, solder 100n to u222 & u223 ?
or u222 to u223 ? can you show me the picture ?


3
Please look the picture
where this 2 jumper cable from and goes ? ( one is u210 to c657 ? )
you didnt jumper c655 and c658 ?

Thank you, best regards

Hi,

I don't have any pictures of the nr.2 mod, but the idea is to disable the traces of the muting lines and connect them to GND with two capacitors. They literally run all around the analog section, and the digital-out trace is running next to them for quite some distance. They act as antenna's and can pickup noise from the digital trace and pollute the analog section.
You have to study the lay-out a bit to get the idea.

The jumper-wires you see, are running from the opamp outputs straight to the output sockets. So C655 thru 658 are bypassed, I just used one single jumper to do it. I did the same with a CD63mkII, you can see in a better picture here how's it's done. The only thing between the opamps and the output sockets is a 47 ohm resistor.

Regards,

Ray
 
Here is the promised picture, and yes I do fast work more than clean now... by the way the owner does care for sound, not sight :p
Time to go back fixing my Pacific RIAA for my TD150.. :D

hi RCruz & malefoda

i made some smart mods in my cd 63 KI to know what is different with another
CDP as i have shigaclone in my house. The shigaclone was very simple to mods
and from simple to hard it means TIME and MONEY we spent for the project.

as i look in www.raylectronics.nl, Ray give some smart & cheapest way to mods
for CD 63. As Audio Listener is not matter for me to add anything but sometime
we said goodbye to our audiothings and hard to sell if you make a heavy mods.

btw nice kingwa clock there as i remembered i bought 2pcs from this guy before
with your last picture it is very clear for me how to mods this player. after i look
again to my mods there some no need transistor seat in my player

Malefoda i remembered your post bout abba song, money...money...money :D

last result from this mods, sound a little bit bright and i feel that the player was
screaming (not the sound, just feel) with jrc 2114. now starting to change caps
on the dacs with 2 bgf and 2 bg std, use 4 pcs elna silmic 220uf in the opamp.

i bought this player us$40, bought the laser set us$50, bought the caps around
us$50 (4 bgf 470, 2 bgstd 220, 2 bgf 100, 2 pana 2200, 1 nifg 1000, 4 rjj 470)
ITTcaps & resistor us$30, cable-female us$ 20, gear us$20 & servis cost us$40
wow total spent was us$ 250, it is ok cheaper than shiga chasis

thank to Peter Daniel who show me this interesting thread and i stuck for 2 years
here waiting for that 63 KI alive. All of you was very kind here, thanks very much

i will try with some opamp, op270 then lm6172 and ad826, the last one is 4562
i hope 1 of 3 from my opamp work beautiful so i didnt need to buy another. BR
 
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Hi,

I don't have any pictures of the nr.2 mod, but the idea is to disable the traces of the muting lines and connect them to GND with two capacitors. They literally run all around the analog section, and the digital-out trace is running next to them for quite some distance. They act as antenna's and can pickup noise from the digital trace and pollute the analog section.
You have to study the lay-out a bit to get the idea.

The jumper-wires you see, are running from the opamp outputs straight to the output sockets. So C655 thru 658 are bypassed, I just used one single jumper to do it. I did the same with a CD63mkII, you can see in a better picture here how's it's done. The only thing between the opamps and the output sockets is a 47 ohm resistor.

Regards,

Ray

Your attached picture was really clear :D
 

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Here is the promised picture, and yes I do fast work more than clean now... by the way the owner does care for sound, not sight :p
Time to go back fixing my Pacific RIAA for my TD150.. :D

Hi Matthieu

your picture really really clear now
i look that you use 2 brown cable,
one from mechanic to up ic control
other from down ic motor to clock

my question
- can i solder it the cable in CD 63 too ?
- is that digital cable / standard cable ?
- For cable no 1, from where to where ?
- For cable no 2, from where to where ?
- What FO used in the clock for 16,93 ?

Thank you, best regards
 

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It is Near Post 19.000

History of the post of Marantz CD63/67 Mods
1 – 6h5c, 22nd March 2005
10 – SimontY, 6th January 2006
100 – Franz G, 7th January 2006
1.000 – ash_dac, 25th February 2006
10.000 – 6h5c, 22nd May 2008
11.000 – Fidelity Audio, 13th October 2008
12.000 – padman, 30th March 2009
13.000 – 6h5c, 2nd September 2009
14.000 – 6h5c, 26th January 2010
15.000 – Rcruz, 14th October 2010
16.000 – Shepperd, 5th March 2011
17.000 – Rcruz, 30th June 2011
18.000 – Bikeral10, 24 th February 2012
 
Sometime i thought about solder output caps

Due to discrete schematic, looks like output
cap will be always there. Sometime i plan to
solder output caps from 0.1uf, 0.47uf, 1 uf,
2.2 uf, 3,3 uf or 4,7 uf

a suggest please ?
 

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New Estimated Post Number 20.000

hey, hey,hey ... post number : 19.000 !!! :cheers:
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New Estimated Post Number 20.000
20.000 – Estimated April 2013 – March 2016

History of the post of Marantz CD63/67 Mods
1 – 6h5c, 22nd March 2005
10 – SimontY, 6th January 2006
100 – Franz G, 7th January 2006
1.000 – ash_dac, 25th February 2006
10.000 – 6h5c, 22nd May 2008
11.000 – Fidelity Audio, 13th October 2008
12.000 – padman, 30th March 2009
13.000 – 6h5c, 2nd September 2009
14.000 – 6h5c, 26th January 2010
15.000 – Rcruz, 14th October 2010
16.000 – Shepperd, 5th March 2011
17.000 – Rcruz, 30th June 2011
18.000 – Bikeral10, 24 th February 2012
19.000 – Pocoyo, 25th January 2013