Marantz 52SE mkII skipping

[colin.hepburn]

HO Dear
Now it’s the turn of my ever reliably Marantz 52SE mkII to start skipping I have had this player from new since 1992 my first ever CD player never had a problem with it except to replace a new gear wheel in the drawer system about five years ago
Now last night for the first time ever it has started to skip on some tracks I have done the obvious checks like cleaning the laser with cotton bud with OPA also checking the laser ribbon cable
I did read somewhere that replacing the capacitors around the IC chip where the laser ribbon enters the PCB can fix this which seems reasonably as caps would now be 20plus years old now
has anyone any suggestions on the truth in this fix or another fixes as this player is very good as a transport player with the EBay 2496 Dac in my view don’t really want to lose it

[bob orbell]

Colin, CD players are not my strong point, but I had a similar thing with a sony, it turned out that the lazer asy. slid on parallel bars and they had lost their lubricant, a few drops of thin oil put it back in action. BOB

[colin.hepburn]

Hi Bob
Trouble is the Marantz 52 SE uses a CDM 4 which os a swing arm mechanism which could be sticking ?

[bob orbell]

Yes, it may be sticking Colin, like I said, not my strong point though, got me thinking now, what is my strong point? no nasty comments please.

[colin.hepburn]

Originally Posted by bob orbell

Yes, it may be sticking Colin, like I said, not my strong point though, got me thinking now, what is my strong point? no nasty comments please.

Strong points
Well Bob being one of the team able to help sort out members Amp and pre/phonos in my view raining again up here