Repair or Replace - Marantz CD63se


I have a Marantz CD63se that I paid $353 in 1996. Bad laser assembly, estimated at $210 to repair. I have no idea how CD players have evolved (or devolved)in the last 15 years or what $350 in the new/used market can get me today. Help! Should I repair this or buy new/used, like the CD6004?
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Johnny ... And then what do you do when the hard drive crashes and dies? I am in the process of attempting to recover my data from an iMac hard drive that died after 6 years of use. The data had been backed up a little while ago to an Iomega hard drive that has died, as well. It is easier to purchase a new CD player, than recover.

If obsolescence is a concern, then approach this as a bucket list project and buy two cd players so you are covered for the next 20 plus years. Or buy a cd player and a turntable. I am not trying to be a wiseass, but hard drives are such a crap shoot and this is coming from an IT person.

To the original question, your cd player is dead, but fortunately cd players have changed and for the better since Clinton's first term in office. Buy a Rega Apollo (1k) and either an XTZ CD100 (600) or an Emotiva (400) as a back-up. Or a Rega Apollo and a Project Carbon turntable (400).

Rich
Hi Zd - Understand your point. But it was just lousy luck on my part as both drives crashed within days of each other. My iMac is a version 2.4, considered vintage no less, is no longer supported by Apple, and does not sync with the Cloud and blah, blah, blah. So in reality I was spending a lot of time dicking around with data.

I was researching external drives and was about to pull the trigger on a replacement, when Apple announced the new iMacs about two weeks ago. So, I figured ... what the hey, I can wait a few weeks to buy a new computer and transfer the files over. My current iMac died the following evening.

It is what it is.

Rich
Hi Sfar - Sorry to hear about your friend. With almost 5000 cds, I can't imagine downloading them onto hard drives. No inclination whatsoever and besides I like having the physical media.

The point I was getting at was simple, if you like cds and think that obsolescence is around the corner, pick-up a couple of cd players. It is not much different that your multiple back-up strategy ... if number one fails, you have a number two or three or four.

Rich