Golucid
March 17, 2015, 07:34 PM
Just brought home my MCD1100. Here it is all factory sealed. Unboxing photos forthcoming.
Tracking down a new MCD1100 was not easy. I called more than 30 retailers across the USA. I found one place that had only one that they couldn't sell, imagine that; and actually, forgot about. I am pretty stoked right now.
I have installed it and played a couple of Sarah McLachlan tunes and now toying with the optical input via my Astell & Kern 240 [they are getting along very nice, see photo]. I'm on a high right now. So everything sounds dreamy.
Oh, something too note. I was forewarned that the CD transport may need to be adjusted due to shipping and any transport/movement. I did my research! When I first installed it. The drawer would not open. But when I looked at the CD drawer positioning, I could see there was something amuck.
The spacing above and below the die-cast drawer was not aligned evenly. In fact, the upper most portion of the drawer seem to be touching the lip opening. I popped the top and adjusted the transport screws until it was perfectly centered. Note: adjust two most forward screws are intentionally not taught for this very reasoning.
Once I dialed in the spacing.... BOOM!
Tracking down a new MCD1100 was not easy. I called more than 30 retailers across the USA. I found one place that had only one that they couldn't sell, imagine that; and actually, forgot about. I am pretty stoked right now.
I have installed it and played a couple of Sarah McLachlan tunes and now toying with the optical input via my Astell & Kern 240 [they are getting along very nice, see photo]. I'm on a high right now. So everything sounds dreamy.
Oh, something too note. I was forewarned that the CD transport may need to be adjusted due to shipping and any transport/movement. I did my research! When I first installed it. The drawer would not open. But when I looked at the CD drawer positioning, I could see there was something amuck.
The spacing above and below the die-cast drawer was not aligned evenly. In fact, the upper most portion of the drawer seem to be touching the lip opening. I popped the top and adjusted the transport screws until it was perfectly centered. Note: adjust two most forward screws are intentionally not taught for this very reasoning.
Once I dialed in the spacing.... BOOM!