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I had a McIntosh CD changer awhile back that I kept for a few years. I loved the sound, but it had problems with skipping, failing to read parts of discs, and failing to read entire discs. Sometimes it could not even read the how many tracks there were on a disc. After two trips back to the factory without a resolution, I sold it. I have read reviews of other CD changers in which some of the same issues arose, so I know I am not alone.
On the other hand, my Clarion car CD changer has worked flawlessly for 10 years. It is about 1/4 the size of a home unit, uses convenient 6 slot magazines, and works without complaint over bumps, around curves, in temperature extremes, etc. It NEVER has skipped or failed to read.
Why is reliability so much better in car units than for home changers? I don't understand it.
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that seems to be bulletproof. I've had it 1-1/2 years and it hasn't glitched at all. I don't think the issue is with changers per se, it's with the read assembly and processor.
Of course, all we hear online is problems or crowing about how great our purchases are! It's hard to get a real feel for product quality and reliability.
Cheers,
Graham
"Blue meters, big watts. This must be Heaven!"
Thorens TD126 Mk.III/Ortofon Super OM40, McIntosh MCD205, MDA700, C45, MC252, Joseph Audio RM33si Mk.II
My problem wasn't with the changer function. That worked just fine. The issue was with reading the discs.
Thanks.
I recently purchased a used 300 disc unit over ebay for the garage system to replace an earlier 25 disc version. I use it as transport only feeding a Manley DAC. No room (or budget) for a computer in the closet. :)
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How did you "break in" your McIntosh CD Changer?
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With a computer audio system there won't be a need for a changer, since all of the CDs can be ripped to a hard drive and a backup hard drive can easily be made. After ripping many disks over the years, the CD/DvD drive on the computer may fail, as mine did. A new one cost $40 and took less than 10 minutes to install.
That's not to say that there aren't other problems with computer audio, and I wouldn't recommend it to someone who isn't comfortable with opening up computers and working on them.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
I had a Sony OEM changer in an Infiniti that had problems. I paid once for it to be serviced at Sony and eventually gave up and just put it out on the curb. People around here will pick up anything. I replaced it with a Clarion OEM changer for Nissan and it worked problem-free until I sold the car.
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