joe_seattle
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I bought this Rotel RCD-975 for $10 at a local thrift store...feel free to hate me and my bargain finds, like the $1200 Sony DVP-S7000 DVD player for $15. Anyway, this Rotel has the usual issue with the faulty CD tray gear that many units experience over time. It plays discs properly and all outputs appear to function, so other than the gear, it is in remarkably good condition except that all the capacitors need to be replaced. I can tell they need replacement because most of them are leaking (see photos). So, I'm hoping that someone can help answer a few questions I have on how best to go about replacing them.
1. Aside from the capacitors, are there other components that would fail, or not be functionally properly, over time that I should check?
2. By looking at the photos, can anyone suggest where different-value/style caps might improve sound quality?
3. Are there particular brands/lines/styles of caps that would go well in certain places, or is there a brand/line of cap that would work well to replace everything?
4. Are there other somewhat easy fixes/changes that would improve the player? I might be willing to try doing an opamp swap, but my skills with the soldering iron may not be quite that good.
I don't want to spend an arm and a leg - thinking in the <$100 range. Also, the black X marks on the caps are from me - marked them as I went through to create an inventory.
Click on the album link for more pics and jumbo-sized ones.
Thanks for any help you can provide!
-Joe
Album: Rotel RCD-975 pictures by joe_seattle - Photobucket
1. Aside from the capacitors, are there other components that would fail, or not be functionally properly, over time that I should check?
2. By looking at the photos, can anyone suggest where different-value/style caps might improve sound quality?
3. Are there particular brands/lines/styles of caps that would go well in certain places, or is there a brand/line of cap that would work well to replace everything?
4. Are there other somewhat easy fixes/changes that would improve the player? I might be willing to try doing an opamp swap, but my skills with the soldering iron may not be quite that good.
I don't want to spend an arm and a leg - thinking in the <$100 range. Also, the black X marks on the caps are from me - marked them as I went through to create an inventory.
Click on the album link for more pics and jumbo-sized ones.
Thanks for any help you can provide!
-Joe
Album: Rotel RCD-975 pictures by joe_seattle - Photobucket