Quote Originally Posted by Beobloke View Post
I bought a CD74 at a car boot sale last week and, after chiselling off all the hardened grease on the drawer loading mechanism, cleaning it all out, fitting a new belt and giving it a general once-over, not only does it work a treat, it sounds superb.

OK, so it falls short of my CD94II/CDA94 combo, but I've heard a lot worse and I reckon it was still damn good for £8!
I just about recall those, they predate my getting into HiFi my first Marantz was a CD 273 Se I then went to a CD 65 the CD65mk2 SE then CD 85.

I never quite saw the sense in putting the 94 DAC with the 94mk 2 as it has a better DAC section being dual differential (should have had balanced outs. I think the Lampizator offers guidance on a Mod to do this) but I must confess to not having tried it, always wanting a CD 12 instead.


Regards D S D L