inside a Sansui CD-V1000 (1988)

[jd-audio]

I have an CD-V1000 (1988) cd player opened on the bench for some mechanical cleaning.

By no means TOTL, but as some of these cd players have the "old" Sansui logo and a relative non-descriptive look , I like to pare these with my "black faced" AU/TU-x17 sets. And they do the job just fine for spinning the occasional cd.

Inside I found:
the Sony KSS150A laser pickup,
a single Burr Brown PCM56P DAC chip
and mostly Sony chips on the main pcb (that seems to be a generic one).

Only the transformer has a Sansui stamp on it and the pcb that houses the LED front-display seems to be a Sansui one (F-5746).

-John-

 

[San-sui]

I listened. It's a cheap, budget player, but it sounds pretty good. The sound is reminiscent of the Sony CDP .... ES series.
I recommend it for a bright sound system when there is no low, bass tones.

 

[jd-audio]

Hi San-sui,
Nice to see that you have found my post.
Based on the fact that you are the first to reply in 9 years (thank you for that), we can assume not many AK members use this CD player

FYI, I occassionally use this CD player and it still works and sounds fine.

Have fun
-John-

 

[San-sui]

Hi John
This is the player of one of my first Sansui lineups - C / B / T / D-1000. Therefore, it is not considered to be built into a sudio system. It plays nice. That's why I use it when I go to the summer cottage. Now it plays beautifully with one of the best Sansui AU-999 amplifiers. It enriches the low tones.

 

[colliman]

I have one in for service. It didn't start sometimes, so the owner been told it's the laser broken.
I have not come across any faulty laser during my 20 years of service.
So I think it's the cabling that due to the movement break at some point.
Took it apart and measure all cables to the drive unit, but that only result in no fault found.
After reassembling, it stop working, so now I have to find out if it was the cabling, or I missed something.
Easier to locate the fault when it's there the hole time.
If anyone got an idea, don't hesitate to reply, I maybe need some help.
I have the service manual, and schematics.

 

[San-sui]

Check that the laser is lit. If it is on, it is enough to wash the glass of the laser diode with a special agent. It does not read CDs when it is dirty.