[dsrviola]

I thought it might be the DAC since the intermittent crackle/popping sound (similar in sound to a disc skipping, but it overlays the music instead of the music actually skipping) is in one channel. I connected it to another DAC and the problem is still there. I've replaced the transport/laser mechanism with a new unit and the sound is still there. ($$$ grumble, swear, mutter $$$) It's an  _ancient_  Proceed PDT3 transport. However, it's been modified extensively by G&D Transforms, Electronic Visionary Systems, and Kyle Takenaga (before he joined Reference Mods.)

I'd like to find someone that can repair it without removing the mods. I don't want to send it to a Harmon approved technician. I'm sure they'll want to remove all the mods, which is the only reason I want to keep the unit in the first place. Well, that and the new transport/laser assembly-they don't build those things like they used to.

Does anyone have any recommendations for someone who can repair something like this? While I could pose these questions to my modifiers (the ones that are still around...G&D is gone, isn't it?), my guess is that they can modify equipment, but repairing it is another story.

Any thoughts on this dilemma would be most welcome.

Thanks!

[tonyptony]

dsrviola, I noticed you got some responses from this same posting on AA, but I was curious where in the world you actually found a replacement transport for this machine? (I also have a PDT3) The CDM1 Mk.II transport hasn't been available even as NOS anywhere that I know of for at least two to three years.

[dsrviola]

I got it from Madrigal. They won't sell parts anymore, but they had said they'd sell me one a little over a year ago. I had it in writing that they would, so they kept their word.