Yamaha cdx?

[onwardjames]

Great pictures of the 930. I have never seen a 930. I will go home later tonight and post some pictures of my CDX-1100U. I will start modding this one in a couple of weeks or so.

Yamahas are great sounding cd players. I would like to believe their sound can be improved greatly.

wsjoe

What mods are you gonna do?? Mine's been actin' flaky, and I want to mod it anyway.

Lady Akeya, your CDX-1110 is nicer looking than mine. How did you get all the lights lit up?? Is there some type of "demo" mode??

I love mine when it works, which is sporadic.

 

[onwardjames]

And I'm sure the-real-mandak or somebody has answered this before, but what is the difference between Lady Akeyu's 1110 and my 1110u?

What's the "u" stand for??

 

[BrasDor]

The "U" is for US model. It doesn't have a 220-110V selector, other than that I believe they are identical.

 

[onwardjames]

and brasdor to the rescue!

Thanks for the info.

 

[BrasDor]

OOOOOWWWW Lady Ayeka that 1110 sure is purdy..... It gots the "Blue" leds :drool: and the "Red" leds :drool: All I gots is duh Orange uns on my 1060 :cry: But wait :zoom: the 1060 got a flippy thing :tresbon::yippy:

Just kidding...beautiful looking machine.
W.A. Motzart :scratch2: ......didn't he play backup with Zepplin on thier second European Tour

Anyway......bet he sounds great on that sharp lookin Yammie ..... they don't make any better than that:thmbsp:

 

[Lady Ayeka]

What mods are you gonna do?? Mine's been actin' flaky, and I want to mod it anyway.

Lady Akeya, your CDX-1110 is nicer looking than mine. How did you get all the lights lit up?? Is there some type of "demo" mode??

I love mine when it works, which is sporadic.

i'm sorry, i actually do not own that CDP. i thought that everybody here would like to see it, so i tracked those pics down. here, however, are ACTUAL pics of a CDP i do own, my personal baby;

-DENON DCD-1500- (1986)

(SPECIAL CUSTOM VERSION; the insulators are not stock. taken from a 1990 DCD-660, and the rosewood panels are uncommon.)

 

[opt80]

The "U" is for US model. It doesn't have a 220-110V selector, other than that I believe they are identical.

Welcome Brasdor

Alan

 

[cees]

Great pictures of the 930. I have never seen a 930. I will go home later tonight and post some pictures of my CDX-1100U. I will start modding this one in a couple of weeks or so.

Yamahas are great sounding cd players. I would like to believe their sound can be improved greatly.

wsjoe

Good day,
I dont know if i may but here is an adres where you can look to more vintage audio. There are a lot off CD players from Yamaha.
www.magnatmuseum.nl It is a dutch site and when you click on hifi wereld you will find Vintage audio from different brands. Also Yamaha. There are even price lists from the past.
When you need some translation i could help because I am from the Netherlands.

 

[cees]

Good day,
I dont know if i may but here is an adres where you can look to more vintage audio. There are a lot off CD players from Yamaha.
www.magnatmuseum.nl It is a dutch site and when you click on hifi wereld you will find Vintage audio from different brands. Also Yamaha. There are even price lists from the past.
When you need some translation i could help because I am from the Netherlands.

The older price lists are in dutch valuta. 1 euro is 2,2 florijn and 1 euro is about 1,6 dollar.
So when there is stated Fl 1000,= is will be 1000/2,2 x 1,6= dollar

 

[wsjoe]

onwardjames,
The basic things are opamp replacement with your favorite kinds, mines are OPA-627 and also removal of any additional opamp as long as it does not damage amps/speakers.
Replace signal path capacitors. that's all without altering the integrity of the original unit.

I do these types of mods to my Denons like DCD-1520 and DCD-3560 and I have had GREAT results.

Anybody has Service Manuals for the CDX-1100U? I just need the output analog section after the DAC chips.

wsjoe

 

[the-real-mandak]

CEES I am sorry but the page you linked to seem to be a rip off, the guy is copy pasting other peoples work!
Take a look at this:
http://www.magnatmuseum.nl/Index Yamaha museum/CDspelers/yamaha_cd1.htm
and then the org. : http://www.thevintageknob.org/DAD/CD1/CD1.html

Copy paste, NOT a nice thing to do!

Lady Akeya that is a really nice Denon CDP, but I must stess that this thread is stricktly Yamaha nothing else.

 

[onwardjames]

onwardjames,
The basic things are opamp replacement with your favorite kinds, mines are OPA-627 and also removal of any additional opamp as long as it does not damage amps/speakers.
Replace signal path capacitors. that's all without altering the integrity of the original unit.

I do these types of mods to my Denons like DCD-1520 and DCD-3560 and I have had GREAT results.

Anybody has Service Manuals for the CDX-1100U? I just need the output analog section after the DAC chips.

wsjoe

wsjoe, thanks a bunch. When I FIRST fire it up, it will play about 3 minutes or so, then quit. Then after a few minutes, it starts winding up REAL FAST, so I have to either turn it off or hit stop and wait, because if you hit eject, the cd is liable to sling right out at ya!

Do you do this type stuff?? I would love to have this girl taken to the next level. Someone mentioned new DAC's.... whaddya think?

 

[onwardjames]

Oh, one more thing...

usually, after the first episode, she will calm down and "play nice" as long as I want. It's like it has to warm up or something. I paid 45 bucks for a bench fee, and they found nothing. Still a little disappointed about that. :thumbsdn:

 

[karmaman]

Is the CDX-560 any good? 1992.

 

[the-real-mandak]

Everything is relative, the CDX-560 (1992-93) was the 2. smallest in the xx60 lineup (1060, 860, 660, 560 and 460). I would put it as a good player in the economy class (around $300 new).

 

[Nacon]

Everything is relative, the CDX-560 (1992-93) was the 2. smallest in the xx60 lineup (1060, 860, 660, 560 and 460). I would put it as a good player in the economy class (around $300 new).

Hi the-real-mandak!

The CDX 900 is worth to own? It has PM 56 P DAC?

Thanks

 

[wsjoe]

I opened my CDX-1100U and took some nudies.

Some good components Black Gates, Nichicon and solid transport.

I am going to replace the opamps and see how they work.

 

[Mark B]

I opened my CDX-1100U and took some nudies.

Some good components Black Gates, Nichicon and solid transport.

I am going to replace the opamps and see how they work.

Very nice!

 

[wsjoe]

onwardjames,

yes, i do some repairs and mods on Denons only.

i believe you have symptoms of a dying laser. some lasers slow down when the unit gets warm and some others the opposite.

be more specific how she quits? skipping? any trouble reading the cd when initially inserted?

i forget what model you have. if it's a 1420, 1500II, 1520, 1560, 2560, 3520,
3560 then you will have the KS-151A (EXPENSIVE!!! like $150).

the bench couldn't find b/c the problem is sometimes intermittent.

good luck

 

[onwardjames]

It's a Yamaha CDX-1100U, and what happens, either it won't read the disc, or mostly it will play for about 3 or 4 minutes, then just stone-cold STOP. If it doesn't do that revving thing, then I just push play again, and USUALLY she plays without a hitch after that. Sometimes I must repeat this process several times..

oh, and she hates a cd-r.......

Still sound like the laser is dying?? They benched her for 2 solid weeks, said they tried every type of disc, no problem.

I don't mind too much, as I'm certainly not giving it up. Too nice a unit.