LordOfTRings
Be Cool with the Blues
Ahhhh, you're using it just as a transport.
...As long as it can read the discs properly.
...As long as it can read the discs properly.
I too have a Denon dcd 1500-2. Replaced the felt with neoprene a long time ago. new issue now is that on initial disc read or spin up, the spindle stops too fast, before the full read takes place. Almost as if the pulse to the spindle motor is too short. The player will read and play about 60% of my discs, Sometimes after a successful read of contents, the initial track also stops after a single turn or so. The spindle /disc will pulse start a turn or two, then stop and begin again. The player will make 4-6 attempts to get started, and then gives up. Optics are clean and play flawlessly if disc starts correctly.
On my arm clamp, one of the small flanges is also missing. Could this be a factor for this spindle startup problem? Any input appreciated.
If I could find a new clamp arm from a damaged player, that would be a good way to begin to see if that missing flange is critical at all.
Anyway, even if it would work I still find the Denon DCD-1500MKII player's sound anemic, congested, restricted, reserved, unclear, lacking in all aspects of naturalism, musicality, definition, and overall involvement. ...1987 wasn't a good year for CD players, including this one.
And the entire disc transport is simply pathetic (wrong spring tension, loose belt, burning plastic, etc.)
Today you can get a much better CD player for almost nothing. ...Or a turntable (for less money) that plays LPs with much more life. The Denon's sound I find it dead.
Bought a DCD-1500II a couple of days ago that was listed as not working. Turns out it was the felt washer problem detailed above. Here's a simple but elegant solution. Strip the old washer off and clean the clamp with isopropyl alcohol. Stick on three self-adhesive furniture bumpers to the clamp arm (the smallest, flattest ones you can find). Worked perfectly first time. Cost less than $1 and took about 5 minutes (that's got to be one of the easiest CD player arms to work on).
Could anyone please tell me how they got the arm clamp OFF? Is it laborious?
I may be able to help you if you would tell us the exact model Denon that you have.
Well...can I assume it's the Denon DCD-1500II?