Yamaha CDR-HD1500 CDR drive replacement?

[optimums]

Hello all! Long time lurker, one of the best forums on the entire internet!!

I have a very nice Yamaha CDR-HD1500 CDR burning/HD recording unit that I absolutely love. I often rip my rarer LPs to the HDD so I can queue up "personal copies" without pulling out the vinyl everytime I want to hear them. The hard drive still works great (and from my understanding is a fairly easy upgrade, although I haven't changed mine out, maybe soon?) but the CDR drive is on it's last legs - it will not consistently play discs and won't burn discs at all at this point. I've tried the off the shelf "lens cleaners" but nothing has worked. I grabbed a random PC CDR drive out of my pile of gear to see if I could swap in any old drive and it's a no go. Anyone else have one of these units and have replaced the CDR drive?? Would love a list of compatible drives if such a thing exists. Any tips would be appreciated, big thanks

 

[amr2]

and change the lens? Maybe there is a replacement.

 

[restorer-john]

That Yamaha drive used the optional AMQR recording where it could create bigger pits/lands supposedly to offer better sound.

I know there were standalone burners (also Yamaha branded) that were available around 2002 or so with the AMQR option- perhaps the drives inside were similar to the 1300/e/1500.

I have a CDR-HD1300.

 

[optimums]

Is replacing the drive lens a possible solution? I'm still looking for a replacement drive but coming up very empty.

 

[sCOBB]

I love this player too and have a similar issue.

I had a quote here in Australia about a year ago. Yamaha still have replacement stock but it isn't cheap, I found a lightly used one on ebay for about $250 as a backup.

The authorised Yamaha repairer said "Yamaha came back to me today. Regards to CDR-HD1500 part is available from Japan, however will take up to 4 weeks to obtain it and cost including labour will come to around $1000.00." That's AUD

 

[TheFourRings]

Hello all! Long time lurker, one of the best forums on the entire internet!!

I have a very nice Yamaha CDR-HD1500 CDR burning/HD recording unit that I absolutely love. I often rip my rarer LPs to the HDD so I can queue up "personal copies" without pulling out the vinyl everytime I want to hear them. The hard drive still works great (and from my understanding is a fairly easy upgrade, although I haven't changed mine out, maybe soon?) but the CDR drive is on it's last legs - it will not consistently play discs and won't burn discs at all at this point. I've tried the off the shelf "lens cleaners" but nothing has worked. I grabbed a random PC CDR drive out of my pile of gear to see if I could swap in any old drive and it's a no go. Anyone else have one of these units and have replaced the CDR drive?? Would love a list of compatible drives if such a thing exists. Any tips would be appreciated, big thanks

Hi there,
My unit has just failed, will not recognise any cd inside, process of illumination tells me the laser has failed.
Did you ever find a replacement drive that was compatible?

 

[TheFourRings]

That Yamaha drive used the optional AMQR recording where it could create bigger pits/lands supposedly to offer better sound.

I know there were standalone burners (also Yamaha branded) that were available around 2002 or so with the AMQR option- perhaps the drives inside were similar to the 1300/e/1500.

I have a CDR-HD1300.

Hi there,
Did you by chance find any replacement drives for the CDR-HD1500? I am coming up dry. Tried a Sata cd drive with backward compatible connectors without much joy.
Regards
The Rings Master