Luxman D-105u Transport Identification

[Kavouras_13]

Hello Chris,

thank you for your support. Unfortunatily it's not the wheel

I broke it down yesterday and i saw that the wheel is working, even with one cog less!

Some times the player is working perfect...i can play, i can search and and and...

Sometimes if i play a song the laser is jumping back, it plays again until the position it jumps and jump again back and if i use the search function the laser stuck

The adjustments are ok so far because when it's playing it sound great

I think something mechanical or the laser unit does'nt work correct

I order i new laser unit, maybe if i change it the problem will be solve



I will write again after the change....next week because i have a business trip between!

Andreas

[anatech]

Hi Andreas,

i saw that the wheel is working, even with one cog less!

Okay, you still need a gear. Look for the broken bit getting jammed. It may be hard to see in the grease. What I do is take it all apart and clean the teeth with a toothbrush and some cleaning solution. Then I add the proper grease for the job.

Before changing the head, take the mechanism for the head movement apart. Clean the slide rails and relubricate it. Use a tiny amount of lubricant. The head should slide freely before attaching the rest of the mechanism.

I have a Luxman D-105u to rebuild. Once I'm in there, I'll be able to give you a lot more useful information.

-Chris

[renaudagnes]

Finally I have received tubs for my D107. Two not expansive ElectroHarmonix to change the ones in the player since 15 years ago.

Now, the Player is in another league.

If you do not change the tubes in your D105, my advice is : go for it !

[Kavouras_13]

Hi everyone,

just came back from my trip...i clean up the drive and at the moment it plays ans sounds very very good...as long it's playing i will not change even the laser or the tubes...

are the tubes soldered or just stucks on the base?

Andreas

[renaudagnes]

The tubes are inserted on their place. It's not very easy to replace them, you have to unscrew the front plate and all and all. I will post some pictures in my website tonite...

[Kavouras_13]

Hello renaudagnes,

it's no problem for me to screw down the front...but are they braze on the base or just stick on it?

thank you for your time...

i change the laser unit with a Panasonic TOPH 7833 but it's not working at all

so i put again the old one

if i put a new laser must i change the adjustments again?

andreas

[renaudagnes]

If I understand your question, it's just clipped on the base.

There are some pictures on my website

http://www.acec13.fr/tvc/Luxman/Luxm...uRetubing.html


There's now a page for the 105, with a very cool link where you can see the cool mods to do.

http://www.acec13.fr/tvc/Luxman/LuxmanD105u.html

[anatech]

Hi Andreas,

if i put a new laser must i change the adjustments again?

You certainly do! Yes.

-Chris

[Kavouras_13]

Hello,

great website "renaudagnes" are you a Luxman expert?

I will change the tubes later because now i'm more than satisfied

Thank you anatech,

i thought that i must change the adjustments...at the moment the player is working very good so i will not change the unit...i spend a lot of hours to make him play like now

Resume: The D 105U is maybe an older one but the sound is GREAT!!!

Andreas

[renaudagnes]

No no, not at all. I am a Marantz Vintage expert...

A friend of mine let me the Luxman D107u for a while, because he was curious of my evaluation (I have a lot lot of gear, if I can post a picture you will see).

The D107u was not very good in term of musical production, despite a lot of technology, and the fact that analog stage is tube / transfo with no filter and no old AOP. For me the results were not enough, so I explained my friend new tubes are required.

My pure subjective evaluation, with two new matched "low cost" Electroharmonix is that we previously listen to only 10% of what the D107u is capable.

So, do yourself a favor : spend 50€ in two new tubes : it's another league.


And yes, my girl is cool, err... No I am not ill