I have a Yamaha CDC 615,
15 years old and it needs belts/ tyres replacing in the carousel mechanism. Has what Yamaha call an "S-Bit" DAC which I can find advertising material on but no serious reviews.
Has some sentimental value, my first cd player and first purchase bought with money from my first job, starting my career in electronics.
Is this old monster worth fixing? I can get the belts no worries but there is no point if these DACs are no good.
My Harman Kardon AVR3000 amp has DACs inside and a PCM input so I could mod the player to extract a coaxial PCM out (Maybe, I need a circuit) and only if the HK DAC is considered any good.
Would I be better off chucking it and using the old mark 1 playstation hidden in a drawer? I dont like the playstations, I used to make a lot of pocket money repairing worn out laser mechanisms.
I'm halfway through building some reasonable fullrangers so I want a reasonable source ready for when they are finished.
15 years old and it needs belts/ tyres replacing in the carousel mechanism. Has what Yamaha call an "S-Bit" DAC which I can find advertising material on but no serious reviews.
Has some sentimental value, my first cd player and first purchase bought with money from my first job, starting my career in electronics.
Is this old monster worth fixing? I can get the belts no worries but there is no point if these DACs are no good.
My Harman Kardon AVR3000 amp has DACs inside and a PCM input so I could mod the player to extract a coaxial PCM out (Maybe, I need a circuit) and only if the HK DAC is considered any good.
Would I be better off chucking it and using the old mark 1 playstation hidden in a drawer? I dont like the playstations, I used to make a lot of pocket money repairing worn out laser mechanisms.
I'm halfway through building some reasonable fullrangers so I want a reasonable source ready for when they are finished.
Trying my best not to hurt your feelings, but must tell you that the CDC-615 and similar Yamaha carousel players are so poorly designed that most gave up the ghost years ago. They were horribly, horribly unreliable mechanically, and the 615 had very bad sounding dac circuitry. It would really be kindest to give it a decent burial. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
Thanks for that. no responses for days so I figured the news was bad. I was waiting for someone with the cahones to speak up.
Yes the mechanism is a mess alright. you get that with early generation equipment.
Out comes the Playstation then, saves me a lot of space.
Yes the mechanism is a mess alright. you get that with early generation equipment.
Out comes the Playstation then, saves me a lot of space.
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