Time heals all wounds?

My 12 year old desk top with windows 7 (that I stubbornly keep using) does sort of the same thing.  

Sometimes demons go inside and block performance till they get out from your unit(s)

Not working? Not powering up? No sound?

Just wait and see maybe it's temporary or ask an exorcist to get them demons away from yer machine(s)!

I have read it is beneficial to turn off and unplug CD players once a month for a minute then power back up. Supposed to help same as it helps computers.

Exact same thing happened with my Marantz.

You wisely had the restraint not to impulsively start taking it apart, ending up with a pile of screws and other parts that, try as you might, could not get back together to no avail, forcing you to put everything in a cardboard box in the basement/garage to deal with "one of these days", despite your significant other’s pleadings for you to throw the damn thing away....

LOL @davidrolon 

Is there a market for old/vintage NADs? (no, not those "old nads"!)

Integrated amp with phono stage, power amp, and tuner, all from the way early days (early 80's), all work, and they could use a good home where they are appreciated.

time doesnt heal all wounds. manybecome infected, go septic and become fatal. many wreck the wounded. some wounds u dont fully recover from. some you spend your entire life recovering from.

but as far as that CD player, well...thats great!
 

On electronics unplagging them sometimes it works. Not always.Maybe resetting really works…

A person's marital partner can also be this way.  Most of the time they play well, other days, well.....

@mitch2 ....depends on 'pedigree', condition, and sometimes just a case of " I used to own 'X'..." and 'resistance is futile'....*laugh*

@czarivey ....Has the coveys' sorcerers come up with a better routine to 'dis-spell' the haunts then that last one?

....that 'pour boiling light oil into all of the openings and connections, shake vigorously overhead while shouting "CAD!" repeatedly.....'

( Control Alt Delete :'The Blue Screen Shield of Last Retort '....)

a little preventative or problem solving device

laser lens cleaner, $9.

@davidrolon 

I had a Sony carousel CD player for my garage/shop.  It played for many years and then it wouldn't read a disc, then it would a week later.  This went on for about a year(!) Then I finally had it and ripped it apart...down in the bowels of this thing I discover that the drive belt is barely there, limp to say the least.  Well, by then it was too late, trash. 

Regards,

barts

Procrastination solves all problems. In life too.

@barts , "Shops are not kind to ancient 'out to pasture' audio gear."

A couple of 'spring shop scrubs' ago, took down the Sony receiver & 5 cd player, and the SAE 2 band & channel parametric eq; the latter the only 'vintage' of the bunch.  The SAE and the player are essentially sealed or opted to not hassle to do more than vac, clean the obvious, lube as req'd.all that moves or slides....

The receiver, with the case top and sides off had a eighth- to a quarter-inch of sawdust on anything 'top-up'.....but, Hey...SS, A/B...

Can't kill it with a stick...

mitch2

3,701 posts

05-24-2024 at 07:48am 

Is there a market for old/vintage NADs? (no, not those "old nads"!)

Integrated amp with phono stage, power amp, and tuner, all from the way early days (early 80's), all work, and they could use a good home where they are appreciated.

Probably if it's priced right. I've had numerous NAD products over the years and always loved them. 

chowkwan

154 posts

05-24-2024 at 08:23pm 

Procrastination solves all problems. In life too.

I keep meaning to procrastinate. I just never get around to it.

After reading the review link I posted, I understand why I kept and used them in various systems for over 40 years!  I now sort of want to get the 3140 serviced and find somewhere to use it.

 Back in my college days (early 70's), there was a 'Procrastinators Club Of America'. I thought it to be in step to wait awhile before joining. Recently I found the Procrastinators Club Of America with a simple Google search. I reached out to the link and got someone else. Nice enough to return my inquiry, he stated the once President had died and it basically is floundering in a slow death. If anyone of you wonderful members out there can assist with reaching this organization, it would be much appreciated. Please don't procrastinate too long, I'm old now and according to my doctor, I am "lucky to still be alive". Thank you in advance, ArizonaBob