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Can I replace/repair a Phillips SACD transport?

My Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista SACD player (recently out of warrantee)will do longer function in SACD mode. The dealer who I originally bought it from says that the Phillips SACD transport is problematic and there is nothing that can be done to repair or replace the SACD transport. I have a faily extensive SACD library and hate to eliminate that cabacity to plyback that that format.

Does anyone know if the Phillips trasport be repaired or if a different SACD transport can be installed in the Tri-Vista?
kiplandh
rwwear
2,692 posts
 
Phillips drives are starting to show up on eBay if you know the correct one for your player you can check there.
magfan
1,583 posts
 
Eldartford,
What a crackup. I have a Philips / Magnevox FD-1000 in the next room. It needs a laser head. And being a toploader, still otherwise works fine.
It was the 'core' of many early CD player mods for hi-end use. Couldn't afford the Mission at the time, but the Magnevox works fine.
mcintech
115 posts
 
..then any competent tech should be able to repair any of the Philips Screwed-over brands; EMM, MF, Accuphase and dCS (P8i and Verdi Encore).

I am dCS US Service Manager and I repair Philips transports weekly (as long as it's not a motor, which in that case: game over).

Steve George
dCS America
sgeorge@dcslte.co.uk
mcintech
115 posts
 
My post had several early paragraphs cut off.

What I had tried to say was that although Philips ceased supporting the 5.2 SACD/DVD Mechanism, at least there are some OPU's (Optical Pickup Unit=Laser Block) left and thank God the laser still fixes 80% of the disc reading errors!

If it is failing because the disc rotation motor is bad (common enough w/ Philips), different story.
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