Marantz CD80 replacement??

gkt · 17 Apr 2018 at 13:36

Hi,

I am looking to buy a Cd player which would replace my Marantz CD80 player which sadly is jumping and not reading discs very well. It would seem parts for this player are non existent anymore!

I presently have Arcam Black box.. Audiolab Pre-amp...Audiolab c Amp.. Kef 104/2 speakers.

Any advice would greatly received!

Thanks.

Gary.

jpaul · 17 Apr 2018 at 13:56

can't immediately see which philips transport it has http://www.hifi-advice.com/blog/spe...ntz-cd-player-dac-chipset-and-transport-list/
but consider purchasing a working philips with same transport and changing them ?
Philips AX 630 cd player with leads
Winning bid: £0.99
+ £8.00 Postage

gkt · 17 Apr 2018 at 14:12

Hi.. thanks for the info.. its CDM1 mk2.. The philips looks as though its a walkman type!?! be great to find a donor Philips with same Transport though.. thanks.

lucid · 17 Apr 2018 at 16:03

Depending on what you're looking for then you might want to have a look at the ARCAM DVD/CD players - the DV27 in particular is great as a transport but also has a very good internal DAC. I really rate my Denon DVD-2900 and you can pick them up for a song now. The Pioneer DV-989avi is outstanding as a transport; this reported by a friend who has easy access to ARCAM, Accuphase and dCS.

gkt · 17 Apr 2018 at 16:14

Ok great.. sounds like good advice! Thank you

jpaul · 17 Apr 2018 at 17:40

gkt said:
The philips looks as though its a walkman type!?!

that was the 2nd reserve donor I bought - just to show they can be pretty cheap , and can also be mislabelled in ebay.

gkt · 17 Apr 2018 at 18:58

Thank you.. appreciated!!

Kei · 17 Apr 2018 at 21:29

If you do end up replacing it, don't bin/skip the old marantz even if you cant repair it. People will pay silly money for the old philips TDA1541A S1 crown dac in it.

jpauls advice is good. I did the same thing when my marantz CD56 died and used an old philips machine for parts.

gkt · 17 Apr 2018 at 22:08

Kei said:
If you do end up replacing it, don't bin/skip the old marantz even if you cant repair it. People will pay silly money for the old philips TDA1541A S1 crown dac in it.

jpauls advice is good. I did the same thing when my marantz CD56 died and used an old philips machine for parts.

Really! What would you do in my situation.. I ordered a new CD this evening...

gkt · 17 Apr 2018 at 22:09

jpaul said:
that was the 2nd reserve donor I bought - just to show they can be pretty cheap , and can also be mislabelled in ebay.

Ok great thank you..

Kei · 18 Apr 2018 at 08:51

gkt said:
Really! What would you do in my situation.. I ordered a new CD this evening...

I’d either stick the unit on eBay and see what it goes for or I’d strip it of the useful parts and build a dac using the chip with a tda1541 dac pcb kit.