"Paul Hutchings" wrote in message
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(Martyn B Tindall) wrote in
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I'm concerned because I've just spent a lot of money on a CA Azur
player and don't want to put it at risk. Is my mate talking nonsense?
Any thoughts?

I suspect if the laser has trouble reading the CD the laser/transport
might have to work a little harder accelerating wear.

The focusing and fine tracking is done by means of something that is a
little like a loudspeaker voice coil. Takes a long time to show any wear.

I'm saying that based mostly on the noises that the CD-Rom on my PC
can make when trying to read particularly scratched and dodgy CDs.

That's due the speaker voice-coil nature of the CD transport's focusing
mechanism. They're designed to do a lot of of that.