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To fix or not to fix

Jolida 100A CD player. After about 45 minutes of playing it begins to skip and pop. Jolida is saying $100-200 to fix (plus shipping).
Rest of system Cary Sli 80 amplifier and Merlin VSM speakers.
I also do have an Arcam rDAC, but my separate transport for that has been unreliable (fixed twice and will not do again).
Want to keep budget under $5-700 if replacing (would get used but reliable equipment)
crwindy
schubert
4,867 posts
 
With the fun I've had with Jolida, IMO fixing anything is just throwing good money after bad.
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mattmiller
1,180 posts
 
Take the top off of it and Clean the rubber ring on the spindle that the cd rests on, more often these skips are caused by slipping during playback,over time dust gets on stuff, these disk players spin the discs pretty fast. Also, clean the lazer with a little alcohol and a q tip. Note you may have to remove the cover for the cd transport as well, smaller screws no biggie. POPS could be a bad tube, is it only popping on one side? if so switch the tubes to see if the pop follows to the other channel, if it does you have a bad tube.
crwindy OP
108 posts
 
Why would the slipping only happen after such a long time?
The sound is from both sides.
I thought it was/is a bad board that only acts up after getting hot.
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