OK, might as well keep this old thread going. Very happy with CDPlayer 2. Sonically, it beat out a Special Edition Rotel (forget the model #, but much newer than the Nak), a fairly recent Marantz, a Cambridge Audio Azur 640 and (best sounding after the Nak) an NAD C542. None of them were bad at all, but the Nak sounds better to me, and so it is still here. Had to replace the Tray belt today...like so many repairs, it could have been easier, but it was finished successfully with some delicate wrestling.
Basically, there is the usual large and small pulley system down and to the right of the tray. You can see them down there with a flashlight. I find it easiest to loop the belt over the larger pulley and use a long forceps to lightly stretch over the smaller pulley. (update 3/1/15: A long thin small caliber - head screwdriver worked for me today, and I went small pulley to large: it just takes patience. It is also a must to have a fixed light shining into that very narrow space.) It is a very tight space, and lots of trial and error, but this is the third of these that I have completed, so it isn't impossible, and requires no adjustments. Having steady light and being able to SEE the small pulley "target" really helps, as would a third hand and ample patience. You will need to remove the CD holder bracket (make certain the player is OFF...you don't want that Laser aimed at your eye): it is easy to get to these two screws, one on each side, but careful not to drop them, or you will be fishing them out of the delicate innards for a while (don't ask). Make sure you don't have the machine plugged in while doing this, as it would be easy to activate the power switch by accident.
** I have been re-using a superglued (hey, before you snicker, Terry DeWick glued it the first time) belt, and it was starting to lose elasticity, and probably stretch. I ordered one a year or so ago that was simply not the right size. There is a great German seller on eBay called "classic audio service" (no affiliation) and his belts are perfect. Pretty quick considering he had to ship from there to North Carolina. If you want an easy search: Nakamichi Riemen / belt CD-Player 2 CD-Player 3
There are probably sources in the US, maybe even an AKer? If so, please let us know.
*** It might seem that these belts wear too fast: they do not. The first one lasted from 1991 until it broke in @ 2010 (I think)...and that same belt was re-glued a few times. This is a new belt, so I am hoping for a good fifteen or twenty years out of it.
While looking around inside: the transformer is actually in its own "box" and that extends out the rear of the unit (tidier than it sounds) presumably for better shielding. Parts quality seems very high, as you would expect.
I attached a jpeg of the interior. You will see the metal CD holder bracket spanning across the CD. This must be removed, as mentioned above (Please make certain the player is OFF...you don't want that Laser aimed at your eye). The slim workspace you need to look into, and find the two white pulleys, is just to the right of this.
OK time to listen...
Wow these Naks really do sound great!