Brian Gaff wrote:
The problem with the transport in these older decks is that they are a bit
like a meter movement, ie have a pivot and the head appears to be driven by
some form of eddir current thingy.. (very techy term) and bits of dirt get
onto the flat surface of this and cause little hicups so it can skip, it
always played better angled slightly forward. Also it had very massive bits
so it could not really respond fast to jogs, and with no memory either no
compensation for loss of tracking.

It did however seemingly have a great party trick where you could drill a
1/16th in hole in a cd and not hear it.

Try this for a current model and it sends it mental.

It didn't last time I tried it. 2mm holes were no problem.
I think the limit is supposed to be 2.3mm.
I must find a crap CD and test it again.

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Eiron.