Actully I have the same question - how to care for a CDP. I hope you don't mind me riding on your thread. Mine is a Copland CDA 289 HDCD player. I've had it a little over two years and just lately I've experiencing skips or repeats on CDs which played fine until now. I've never tried using any cleaning products on my CDs or on the CDP. I guess the obvious thing to try is to clean one of the skipping CDs and see if it makes any difference. I guess I'll do just that while we wait responses here...
Advise requested on cleaning the laser in a CDP
I have a NAD S500 CDP which is now about 3 years old. I have used a dry cleaning CD a few times but I always wonder how effective these are ? I was about to take the top off the CDP and see if the laser can be cleaned manualy. Is there any potential problems I should be aware of ? Will I actually be able to get to the laser in the CD transport ?