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Typical transport time to failure / life time...

I've done a search on this, and found some interesting observations on failures stemming from a variety causes:
-from so-called 'laser burnout',
-to spindel bearing wear,
-to capacitor / resistor failing and over powering the laser,
-to tracking errors from wear-out of laser carriage

The issue of the Pause function was also discussed because the laser is on and spindel is turning during that time I believe.

I'm curious what sort of lifespan people have got from their transports? Is there any evidence suggesting that $2000 units last longer than $200 units?

How many hours have people got on their current unit, or older units before failure?

My old Sony discman had 3 yrs and less than 1000 hrs before it died (first excessive skipping, then no playing at all). A cheap Sony minisystem had 4 years, and less than 3000 hours before failure to read TOC. This gives me no confidence in putting money towards a 'high-end' transport, when I would expect at least 5 yrs of use, and > 10,000 hrs from such products.


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Topic - Typical transport time to failure / life time... - chillysalsa 11:36:49 03/13/03 (4)


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