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Drawer belt Replacement on Esoteric SACD Player

Looking for a good trustworthy Tech to replace the drawer belt in my Esoteric SACD/DVD Audio player.  The model# is UX-3.  As I live in New England, I do not want to ship the player to California for service at TAP Electronics.  I have the service manual in my possession. The 65 pound player plus the triple boxes weigh in at close to 85 pounds and a round trip would be in the neighborhood of $1000-1200.00.  

If you are a tech or know a good one, please let me know.  If I did send it to TAP Electronics, it would take at least 6 months to get serviced, I would rather not wait that long.  Thank s for reading.

stereo5
68pete
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I have used Tap to repair my Esoteric K0 3x the drawer stop working. I live about 7 hours from them one way.  Dropped it off and they repaired it in about 30 hours. replaced the whole drawer system and the laser. (laser was fine) I would use them again. Sal was great.

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jafant
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68pete

Thank You for posting your TAP experience.

 

Happy Listening!

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jafant
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stereo5

Have you found a replacement Spinner?  Update me.

 

Happy Listening!

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pindac
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There are tech services that cater for the DJ industry as well, where CDP's or CDT's need to be repaired and returned to active DJ's in a very short turnaround time. I would be confident that a discussion with such a service provider will introduce one to a service that can be trusted. 

When met with a very similar issue on a PS Audio PW Transport, the proposed method is one I investigated, along with using the PS Audio Forum to acquire information.

The PS Audio forum guidance supplied enough comprehensive information that I undertook the corrective work myself.  

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