Teac VRDS

[Qwin]

The Teac combo to have (out with of the uber-expensive stuff), for maximum SPPV, as indeed once used by the BBC, is the P-500/D-500:





Stunning sound, as standard, and eminently tweakable to become something truly special! ebay is your friend

Marco.

The P-500, as with the T1 Transport used a cheap VRDS version, the cross beam being made of pressed sheet metal, with a screw on plastic ribbed cover, the P-500 didn't even use the cosmetic cover. They used a cheap crappy motor and inferior laser and a plastic clamp.
The later 10, 20, 25 CD players used the mid range VDRS CMK-3.2 rigid moulded mechanism, Sony KSS-151A laser, a much better motor and a metal clamp.
It would be better to use one of these players as a transport.
The Esoteric and Wadia machines used a cast alloy cross beam, similar in shape to the moulded plastic version, with range topping models using customised mechanisms and solid plain metal beams. Not all VRDS are equal!
So much bad information about VRDS around, but the truth is out there in abundance, if you bother reading even a small part of it.
Not picking on Marco here, its just his post was the one I used as it had a picture, there are many inaccurate and misleading statements in the early postings of this thread.
Note: The P-700 mentioned a few posts back is a different animal to the P-500 and has the better CMK-3.2 mechanism etc.