"Eiron" wrote in message
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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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