Hi Sirs,
I'm hoping someone here might be able to help me. I've been reading back on this thread for quite some time now. Finally, having been convinced by several posts that say Surplus CD players from the Pier are good buys, I went there and got one for myself. I picked up a Victor XL-V501 for P2000.
It's still in a pretty good state cosmetically, quite heavy and is equipped with gold-plated RCA line-out (fixed and variable). It plays Original CD's without a hitch and is a really big improvement over playing CD's on my DVD player, although this would be expected. Anyway, I'm having problems with playing non-original CD's and CD's I burned with Toast on my Mac. When playing these kinds of CD's, a sound similar to static is heard, sometimes it's a clicking sound at fixed intervals. I did audition it with CD's that I brought before buying and, needless to say, there were no problems with its sound output at the store. I only noticed it when I hooked it up to my system. I'm frustrated because much of my music collection (FLAC) is on my Mac. I wanna burn them to CD's so I can enjoy listening to them without having to hook-up my computer to my amp.
Are there any adjustments that I can do with regards to the player? Does it need lens cleaning? Can it be repaired or tweaked? Is it worth repairing at all? If nothing can be done, I might just take it back to the store and exchange it for a different unit.
Any input from you guys will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.