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Ayon CD transport problems

I have an AYON CD-2S, purchased new 3 years ago. About 6 months out of the 1 year warranty, the transport started to exhibit occasional reading problems.

A CD would be inserted, play for a short or longer while and then play would stop with the display reading LOAD!
This persisted on and off on a rather random basis until yesterday when it happened repeatedly. I turned off the player, let it sit for about 5 minutes and then proceeded to play 3 discs at which point the player would read the disc, start playing, stop, display read load, would read the disc, then the display would read LOAD.......etc. Same issues today.

Contacted AYON USA to find they wanted close to $1000 plus approx. $300 shipping to replace the Phillips transport! When I commented that I had every CD player I had ever bought in the last 30 years and that they all still worked and that I had never had a transport fail............I was told it was bad luck!

Having spent what I consider to be a huge amount of money to purchase the player originally, I feel as if I would be spending good money after bad to get who knows how much or little time out of my player with another transport.

Has anyone else had this type of failure from an AYON or any top loading CD player with a Phillips transport?


nedman52
bassraptor
62 posts
 
Hi guys, I've been using an Ayon CD-1s for 7-8 years, and here's a simple fix for the transport issue. You will need a technician to open up the player to fix it.

It has to do with the tiny "button' in the inner lip of the transport tray - between the button and the micro switch is the axle, and there's a small piece of black rubber glued to the axle end before the micro switch. This piece of rubber tends to shrink with age/heat, it gets softer, and won't exert the necessary pressure on the micro switch.

According to a message Ayon sent me, "therefore sometimes the axel can’t press down the micro-switch fully, actually you need only reduce the brass-distance holder from originally 10mm to 9mm ( use a simple grinder bench), and then the axel shaft comes up 1 mm more... or replace the rubber by a similar piece. You do not need any spare parts."

I've had the issue twice and my technician friend read the email and sorted it out. Should anyone here need more info, you can email me at bassraptor@gmail.com and I will forward you what Ayon told me.


 




seanonsound
1 posts
 
I have e Cds-1.  The same problem started with my unit about 6 months ago. CD would just stop.  Sometimes reload other times just make this ridiculous noise.  

‘I fixed it with a tiny piece of adhesive felt.  I cut the felt down to the tiny size if the small button that descends once you put the glass plate on.  Use tweezer for exact placement and delicately stuck the adhesive side to the top on the button.  The felt touches the glass plate when it is put in place.  The felt adds the addition pressure needed to the the button when it goes down into the unit.  

CD player is back to being the phenomenal machine I purchased.

Can’t seem to insert a picture for you.  I used the a small adhesive felt use to provide scratching from the bottom of a coaster or ceramic jar.  

Good luck.  Enjoy your system again.
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gammajo
798 posts
 
I owned an Ayon CD5s bought new for 8 years and replaced it about a year ago with a new Ayon CD35. The reason - they sound incredible! In terms of USA Tube service they have always been fine to deal with for me. Examples: 1. Very early with the CD5s there was an intermittent problem, I sent it to them for repair, it came back to me and same problem showed. When I told them this they sent me a brand new unit Fed EX Air arriving in 2 days (While I still had the original one, and me not having requested a new unit) saying it was Ayon's policy that if they attempted to repair once and were not successful, they send a new unit immediately. New unit then worked flawlessly for 8 years. 2. USA has repeatedly sent me excellent tubes and quickly, for free, replaced them for any issue, again before they even got the questionable tubes back to assess. The sales person, Paul has been my contact there and he has always given un-hyped advice, quick call backs and works hard to have you happy. They were even happy to help me sell my CD5s, doing work for free to make sure it was ready for sale. So yes, pay attention to people's feedback here, but with thousands of units sold know that there may be few unfortunate happenings.


sdw993
1 posts
 
I have had my Ayon CD-2s for over 7 years. No issues, just incredible sound, the best.
Why so much whinning! Crazy Post - Some folks just can't be happy at all.

mojoetoo
10 posts
 
My CD5s while musical has had a few operational problems too.  The remote however stout had poorly angled battery contacts and I broke the spring contact bending it up.  I have soldered it back but it kept breaking off with the frequent battery changes so alas I just don't use it anymore.  More exercise for me - no big deal. More importantly I had some sort of tracking problem where the disc would either not read and initiate play or if initiated would play briefly, sometimes only a note, and then stop.  Thinking the drive was worn out ( I bought the unit used here on Agon) I replaced the CDPro 2 drive which proved pretty easy to do even for me but only to have the same behavior continue.  Worse now I simply get a "No Disc" error and as such have reinserted my old cd player and run it through the DAC on the CD5s.  The felt on the little button under the cookie cover trick suggested above will be my next attempt to get this otherwise fine machine back to spinning.  If the button trick doesn't work are there any other home remedies I should consider?
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