Micromega Stage 1 CD player
Peter Chalmers Bain
ukp, is this a good price? It's in mint condition but there is no remote.
None of the assistants could tell me anything about it apart from it
being around the 500 ukp mark when new. Anyone know anything about
this cd player, how it sounds, does it take a remote etc, etc.
Thanks in advance.
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Ian
I've got a Micromega Drive One for sale -it uses standard Philips remote
control signals (my Audiolab remote works with the Micormega for most
commands!)
Sonically it will be great - the higher stages tended to add detail and
clarity but it will have a very accurate European sound (as it's a French
make!)
£225 sounds a touch expensive as it will be probably four years old although
you can upgrade it to I think Stage 6 - different internals but same case
which makes it slightly more future-proof.
Regards,
Ian
Peter Chalmers Bain wrote in message <199905061...@zetnet.co.uk>...
Paul Dormer
>Saw one of these in my local Cash Converters, second hand, for 225
>ukp, is this a good price? It's in mint condition but there is no remote.
>None of the assistants could tell me anything about it apart from it
>being around the 500 ukp mark when new. Anyone know anything about
>this cd player, how it sounds, does it take a remote etc, etc.
>Thanks in advance.
That sounds expensive, especially consider there is no remote. The
Stage series look and sound great, but be warned.. they are very quite
unreliable.
Cash Converters are a rip-off in my experience.. they often carry
suspicious goods (are there instructions/box for this player?),
generally overpriced, and buy in at ridiculously low prices.
Paul Dormer Me...@clara.net
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Paul Beardow
Peter Chalmers Bain <big...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Saw one of these in my local Cash Converters, second hand, for 225
> ukp, is this a good price? It's in mint condition but there is no remote.
> None of the assistants could tell me anything about it apart from it
> being around the 500 ukp mark when new. Anyone know anything about
> this cd player, how it sounds, does it take a remote etc, etc.
> Thanks in advance.
I have a Stage 2 which was upgraded from a Stage 1 - they sound great but
are *very* unreliable. Mine has a drawer that only opens when it's warmed
up! I have also heard of front panels falling off, all sorts of electronic
confusion (mine requires a cold boot now and then when it refuses to give
disks back). A lot of dealers won't stock them now becuase of disatisfied
customers.
If it were a lot cheaper, I'd say get it, but at 225 for something that is
at least 4 years old and incomplete (they did come with a remote) is too
much IMO. Shame, they really do sound good.
Paul
Peter Bell
"Paul Beardow" <pbea...@uk.superscape.com> wrote:
> I have a Stage 2 which was upgraded from a Stage 1 - they sound great but
> are *very* unreliable. Mine has a drawer that only opens when it's warmed
> up!
Just a thought - I had an old Sony which developed this problem, and
which a Sony repair centre failed to identify or fix. It turned out
to be caused by grease on a pivoted locking lug which had dried out.
I can't remember the exact arrangement now, but it was a little
phosphor-bronze device which mated with a slot in the drawer to
prevent the drawer opening whilst the player was not in operation.
The lug wasn't releasing until the grease had warmed up.
Freeing it, cleaning and re-lubricating was a cheap and simple fix.
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Peter Bell <pe...@foursqre.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In message <37369...@news.uk.superscape.com>
> "Paul Beardow" <pbea...@uk.superscape.com> wrote:
> > I have a Stage 2 which was upgraded from a Stage 1 - they sound great
but
> > are *very* unreliable. Mine has a drawer that only opens when it's
warmed
> > up!
>
> Just a thought - I had an old Sony which developed this problem, and
> which a Sony repair centre failed to identify or fix. It turned out
> to be caused by grease on a pivoted locking lug which had dried out.
Thanks - I shall have a look when I can. I did replace the belt after Surrey
Sounds sent me a new one (They are the current UK distributers). I would
change the player, but the only machines I have preferred are much more
expensive. Having said that, has anyone heard the MF X-RAY?
Paul
Steve Elsey
before operating, with just a single dash flashing in the display, just
thought i'd mention it before you try and fix a fault, that isn't..
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Paul Beardow
Steve Elsey <steve.m-...@virginBOGOFFSPAM.net> wrote in message
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> We used to stock the Stage 4, 5, 6 and they all had to warm for two
minutes
> before operating, with just a single dash flashing in the display, just
> thought i'd mention it before you try and fix a fault, that isn't..
No I think it's definitely a fault - my machine is switched on all the time,
but it takes a couple of goes to get the drawer open after it has been left
overnight. So not a warm-up problem per se, but a cold drawers (oo-er
missus) issue.
It's mechanical, so not too worrying - I stand a chance of fixing those
types of faults. It's twenty years since I held a soldering iron in anger
and that was to repair video games (yes I have had my head inside a Space
Invaders machine), so I'm not overly keen on poking around in mass-produced
consumer goods of dubious quality! Having worked on serious industrial
automation gear that is intended to last a lifetime, the differences in
circuit board and soldering quality are quite amazing. I wonder what this
stuff would sound like if built properly.
Paul