This can't be good.
By The Horse
@TheHorse (238268)
Walnut Creek, California
June 12, 2020 1:22pm CST
My NAD CD player started distorting a few weeks ago. I've had it for a few years, and my apartment is pretty dusty, so I decided to take the top off and give it a good cleaning with De-oxit, which is basically an electronic contact cleaner.
It seemed to help...a bit...but no, the thing started distorting again. A friend lent me an ancient cheap CD player, but it didn't work right either. So I've been without CD listening in my main system for several weeks now.
Now that I'm feeling a bit better. I might take the NAD apart again and see what I can do. I hear something rattling inside it. What the heck could it be? I wanna be able to listen to my CDs!
Anything "broken" in your world?
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8 responses
@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 Jun 20
You still listen to music using that ancient technology? Don't you know that the newest technology--vinyl records--is the way to go these days?
I'm also experimenting with a new technology called 8-track tapes. I'll let you know how that goes!
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@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
13 Jun 20
@TheHorse I have always loved the sound vinyl makes. That "scratchy" sound is often what made so many songs sound good!
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@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
14 Jun 20
@moffittjc I remember where the nicks are on my favorite albums. It almost doesn't seem right when they're not there.
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@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
12 Jun 20
@DianneN I may have fixed it! All I did was spray a large amount of contact cleaner (generic De-Oxit) on the mechanism that drives the CD and (I think) the laser itself. I have it hooked up to my secondary system and it sounds good now. I hope it lasts. I'm going to put the top back on and see how it sounds in my primary system, which is where it usually lives.
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
13 Jun 20
Sometimes my iPad touchscreen types multiple letters and sometimes nothing. Right now it's working fine, though. It's somewhere between 6 and 8 years old years old so I'm glad it still works.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
12 Jun 20
There are so many things broken in my world...don't even get me started! Glad you are feeling better. I hope you can solve your CD player problem.
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@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
13 Jun 20
@LindaOHio It beckoned. I could not refuse it.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
12 Jun 20
@TheHorse Ah, pleasure before work.
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@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
13 Jun 20
@DocAndersen Yes! I miss my little guys. They'll be four months older when I see them.
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
13 Jun 20
@TheHorse at the school? fingers crossed.
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@Michellekidwell (29953)
• Sonora, California
12 Jun 20
I have a hutch I’m trying to get repaired...
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@Babale (1874)
• Semarang, Indonesia
14 Jun 20
You can try cleaning the surface of the optical lens by using an ear bud (cotton bud). Wipe it gently and don't push too much. Sometimes that can solve the problem.
