Better sounding and more reliable is going to come from an old high end deck. You are fishing in the real low end of pond. But it can really help leverage your buying power. I tend not to buy used stuff that has a mechanical component. Admittedly though, I am pretty hooked on the ease of use of streaming music and playlists rather than individual disc. I have changed DACs and may explore putting the IR player back in rack and trying it as a transport as well. I do not have the same reticence on purchasing preowned DACs. I like the recommendations for using existing workable unit as transport to a nice DAC.
I still have both the players, though currently not in use. I have currently moved to streaming music from ripped CDs to hard drives on my server and Qobuz, and also streaming video rather than discs. I too have an older Oppo 83 SE, but primarily used it for Blu-Ray rentals.
Parts availability such as lasers and trays, especially now, can be difficult on older units. I found local repair, but tray open/close issues came up again relatively soon, but still usable. It was out of warranty and no longer sold when it went down. I too went through tray issue with an original purchase Integra Research CD/SACD player that had pretty light usage. While I have purchased preowned audio gear, I am more hesitant on preowned CD players. spare rare OEM remote for Integra 3.4, eBay because I will be keeping something, and I have other old stuff with beltsĭ. Onkyo Integra CDC-3.4 six disc changer (open box/demo) ($51. del’d, eBay) (crutchfield keeps old info on their site)ī. Denon DVD-2910 Single Player (big dent on the top. (both with oem remotes and power cords, most for sale are missing).Ī. Just Bought Two, in transit, One Single One 6 Disc Changer. use, replace belts, return as last choice.ħ. Resolved: if vintage, make sure belts are available, get a low price, open it up when it arrives, watch it move.
#What year did the onkyo cd player dx 704 come out full#
Back it went, full refund including return shipping. Turned out, the belt(s) were dried out, thus when put into motion after years of storage (where?), they shed bits of rubber. played a few discs, then the discs started mis-tracking on discs I know are ok.įound small black bits clinging to the surface in the area of the problems (cds play from the inside out, just guess how far out). Oppo is big, single, expensive, not sellers fault, so I sold it myself rather than return it, lost $205. Everything worked, but didn’t sound better than the Sony. Laser was weak, ’no disc’, found it is a common problem with heavily used lasers. tried used Oppo 83 Video Player for it’s audio Surprisingly sounded as good as the Onkyo to me and friends, gave the annoying Onkyo away.ģ. This cheapo Sony Changer given to me, eh, use if for parties, why not. my Onkyo Grand Integra (DX-7500 I think), fixed the damn drawer opening problem several times.Ģ. I want dual processors, go used to keep cost down, even consider older vintage.ġ. I am hoping recent upgrades to the system will more readily reveal differences:ĩ9.9999 copper speaker wires and interconnects, locking rca connectors, mx110z tube tuner/preamp overhaul by Audio Classics cayin a88t bias by VAS 16 ohm L-Pads replacing 8 ohm pots and finally a I bought a sound meter to balance/refine the speaker’s L-Pads (it ain’t easy) for the best sound ever. I continue to try and find a CD Player with better sound than my existing cheapo Sony Changer that surprisingly keeps on keeping on. Went Big into Vinyl last 2 years, then re-discovered my many CD’s, mixing it up plenty now.
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