Hegel viking CD player

Had a problem reading discs, or would skip. Sent back to their repair facility twice and still had the same problem when it came back. SQ is excellent, however their tray loading the disc is flimsy as well. Perhaps it will not cause you any issue, it worked well for 2 years and then started causing trouble. Assembled in China, that might be the issue. Good luck with yours as the sound is quite enjoyable when it works.

@samgar2 -- my Mohican also recently developed some skipping after 3 years. I noticed it seemed to lessen as the player warmed up about 1 hour.

Spoke to the dealer who thought it could be a lubrication issue, the laser mechanism rides on two rails as it moves along the disc and if it sticks, it'll skip.

So after powering up, I hit 'next' a few times, then 'prev' a few times and it goes away. This is just till they send some instructions on how to lube it, I'm reluctant to ship anything fragile and seems the repair facility is in need of being repaired.

The latest situation is that the cd drawer will not open up. Then if I can open it, when I put a CD in and close it, it bounces back open. Big disappointment with a $5000.00 CD player.

I have pretty much scraped it out!

samgar2

Where did you send your Mohican to the Hegel repair facility? Location?

Thank You for sharing your story.

Happy Listening!

Pyramid Audio, 305 E Braker Lane, Austin, TX 78753

Phone: 512-458-8292

Website: pyramid-audio.com

Good luck and sure hope they can fix yours! Nice people, however after 2 service calls and still a problem, I have scraped it out.