Do you remember what the mod consisted of? Any service bulletin?
It's possible mine has that mod, but maybe not. It’s one of the very first 7005's All I did at this point was take it out of the wooden cabinet and clean the player well on the outside and panel and then oil the cabinet. Later when I get the chance I will take the covers off and do some internal cleaning and lubricating and also check the belt. If I knew what the tray mod looked like it would help. The only issue the player has right now is the headphone volume (level) pot is faulty. When I turn it, I can feel something inside slipping and if I move and wiggle it around enough it starts working on both channels so it is the pot. I'll never use headphones with it anyway, but I still want to fix that pot. It should be an easy fix and it looks like it’s probably soldered on the one board behind the front panel.
I know many of the newer players are probably better, but I wanted something vintage that goes better with my MAC 1700 receiver, etc. I’m one of those strange mac owners who likes the wooden cabinets. I don’t like even seeing or using the stuff unless it’s in the cabinets. With the 7005 in the cabinet it doesn’t look so out of place with my MAC 1700 and MQ 101 units. Not only that, but this 7005 sounds really good. There is just something about the sound of these old players, probably due to the older lasers that just seem to produce that different sound I prefer. It’s only a 16-bit conversion, but I think it actually sounds much better than that last JVC player I had back in the 1990’s.
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