I think the reason for the glue from the factory is to keep the connectors from coming loose during shipping and avoid initial returns or warranty repairs.
Thanks for the video . i have done similar repair on a NAD CD player and got the open close thing done , i am not a electronics person ,i thought i'd have a bash after watching YT vid several years ago .II got it working ok but upgraded to a audiolab 8300 3 years ago and gave the old NAD to the horse charity shop in Southend just this friday passed.
You can usually slice through the glue with a scaple or very thin and sharp knife blade the glue is there to prevent ent things coming lose during transit in containers from the far east so not really necessary to replace it 😀
@@SonicSalvagex I took apart a Ruark R1 radio ( an expensive model) to repair a couple of weeks ago and every connector and pretty much every component that was not a chip was glued with tons of the stuff and it makes life very difficult.I used to work with this type of stuff many years ago and this was not such a problem but as all the boards are made in the Far East and shipped to Europe, a long journey I fully believe that they have had issues with failures due to vibration causing loose connections hence the glue.
Hi I have a graphic equaliser on a Blaupunkt car radio which i bought off Ebay. The lights on the equaliser only move up and down if i have the volume quit high. I increased the gain dial at the back which improved it a little, but i would like the lights to move up and down when listening to it at normal volume. Any ideas. Thanks.
It's like that because it was contract manufactured in China - they're all like this. The connectors they use are really poor quality and I can only assume the good ones are very expensive as they all seem to just use goop to nail everything down rather than spend the money on better ones. It's a sure sign of crap in my experience.
Very true. I repair and work on hifi from the the 1970’s and you can really see the decrease in quality through the decades. Sony was one of the worst. Their 70’s and early 80’s hifi equipment was fine engineering at its best where stuff was built to last. By the end of the 1990’s however, their cassette decks and CD players especially, were made of 95% cheap plastic and mass produced parts.
Yes it’s a fairly basic low range model from Cambridge Audio. They did make far nicer ones. For the money this isn’t bad however and does sound surprisingly good…although that’s obviously subjective!
@@SonicSalvagex Yes, i did look it up. It sold pretty affordable indeed. You get what you pay for. It has a nice dac, it's got that going for it. One advantage: she has lots of room under the hood for installing usefull upgrades. Masterclock, seperating power supply lines for the dac, etc. I've done this with lots of cd players, with stunning results. This could be a great candidate for tweaking, and getting highend performance. It's limiting factor is the very small transformer, which does limit the size of the soundstage.
Wow you seem to really know your stuff on CD players! I have a good basic knowledge of fixing and repairing most hifi equipment… but I’m certainly not a specialist or expert in any area. May sound like a silly question, but would it not be possibleI to upgrade the transformer relatively easily?
@@SonicSalvagex It depends on the voltages used. If a higher VA version is available for that used voltage, sure. The problem with cd players is, that they mostly use a variaty of different voltages. Bigger replacements are not ready available, and then you have to be really creative. There is more gain to be had in reclocking, and seperating power supplies for the dac, etc etc. Also the output stage upgrading is important. I've done transformer swaps on preamps mostly, because there impact on sound is greater. And they mostly use a standard + and - voltage of the same value.
I think the reason for the glue from the factory is to keep the connectors from coming loose during shipping and avoid initial returns or warranty repairs.
It's very helpful. Thank you!
Thanks for the video . i have done similar repair on a NAD CD player and got the open close thing done , i am not a electronics person ,i thought i'd have a bash after watching YT vid several years ago .II got it working ok but upgraded to a audiolab 8300 3 years ago and gave the old NAD to the horse charity shop in Southend just this friday passed.
No problem, I’m glad you enjoyed it. I’m a big fan of audiolab. They make some very nice stuff.
The labelling on the button is accurate though. It says "Open Close" and that's precisely what it does.
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You can usually slice through the glue with a scaple or very thin and sharp knife blade the glue is there to prevent ent things coming lose during transit in containers from the far east so not really necessary to replace it 😀
That makes sense. Thought it might be something like that but haven’t seen it on any other models in such quantity!
@@SonicSalvagex I took apart a Ruark R1 radio ( an expensive model) to repair a couple of weeks ago and every connector and pretty much every component that was not a chip was glued with tons of the stuff and it makes life very difficult.I used to work with this type of stuff many years ago and this was not such a problem but as all the boards are made in the Far East and shipped to Europe, a long journey I fully believe that they have had issues with failures due to vibration causing loose connections hence the glue.
hola, tengo el cambridge audio cd10 y la bandeja como que se atasca al salir, cómo puedo arreglarla? gracias
Hey. Sounds to me like you need to fit a new tray drive belt. That is most likely the problem.
I cant believe that cambridge audio could market a product that is obviously cheaply made. The profit margins must be enormous.
Yes, I’m sure they are. They weren’t the only ones doing it either!
Hi
I have a graphic equaliser on a Blaupunkt car radio which i bought off Ebay.
The lights on the equaliser only move up and down if i have the volume quit high. I increased the gain dial at the back which improved it a little, but i would like the lights to move up and down when listening to it at normal volume. Any ideas. Thanks.
Hi. I have to say car head units are not my speciality! Which model is it and I could have a quick look online to see if anything jumps stands out?!
It's like that because it was contract manufactured in China - they're all like this. The connectors they use are really poor quality and I can only assume the good ones are very expensive as they all seem to just use goop to nail everything down rather than spend the money on better ones. It's a sure sign of crap in my experience.
Very true. I repair and work on hifi from the the 1970’s and you can really see the decrease in quality through the decades. Sony was one of the worst. Their 70’s and early 80’s hifi equipment was fine engineering at its best where stuff was built to last. By the end of the 1990’s however, their cassette decks and CD players especially, were made of 95% cheap plastic and mass produced parts.
This looks extremly cheaply made. Don't know what the mrsp was, but it's not very impressive inside.
Small transformer, etc. Nothing i'd buy.
Yes it’s a fairly basic low range model from Cambridge Audio. They did make far nicer ones. For the money this isn’t bad however and does sound surprisingly good…although that’s obviously subjective!
@@SonicSalvagex
Yes, i did look it up. It sold pretty affordable indeed. You get what you pay for. It has a nice dac, it's got that going for it.
One advantage: she has lots of room under the hood for installing usefull upgrades. Masterclock, seperating power supply lines for the dac, etc.
I've done this with lots of cd players, with stunning results. This could be a great candidate for tweaking, and getting highend performance. It's limiting factor is the very small transformer, which does limit the size of the soundstage.
Wow you seem to really know your stuff on CD players! I have a good basic knowledge of fixing and repairing most hifi equipment… but I’m certainly not a specialist or expert in any area. May sound like a silly question, but would it not be possibleI to upgrade the transformer relatively easily?
@@SonicSalvagex
It depends on the voltages used. If a higher VA version is available for that used voltage, sure.
The problem with cd players is, that they mostly use a variaty of different voltages. Bigger replacements are not ready available, and then you have to be really creative. There is more gain to be had in reclocking, and seperating power supplies for the dac, etc etc. Also the output stage upgrading is important.
I've done transformer swaps on preamps mostly, because there impact on sound is greater.
And they mostly use a standard + and - voltage of the same value.
That thing was rubbish when it was new...75 dollars or pounds...good luck...lol.
It sold within 24 hrs 😁