Can a CD player being close to a receiver or power amplifier affect its performance?


CD player used to be in another room from amplification. Now in an old Telefunken console on a shelf right under the amplifier .Exhibited all kinds of glitches. No disc, error, skipping, not finishing full play. Anyone experience this?
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Showing 1 response by mlsstl

EMF interference follows the inverse square law -- doubling the distance of empty space between two pieces of equipment reduces the interference to one-fourth of what it was before. Therefore, if that was the problem, often a small increase in separation fixes things.

Heat can also be an issue, but you'd likely notice the increased warmth if that was the issue.