Mark Levinson 31.5 and cd skipping problem

[Kat_it]

Hi guys, I have a problem with my 31.5 CD transport (bought
used two months ago in Italy, where I live).
Sometimes I hear a little skip forward, less than one second
I think. It happens occasionally, not on a specific CD or
track. Sometimes I can listen to the music for an hour or
maybe more without any problem. And sometimes I hear more
than one skip in a few minutes. I've tried with different
digital cables, D/A converters, power conditioners (to
avoid surge spikes) but the problem is still there. When I
insert a CD there's no problem in recognizing the number of
tracks and the total running time. The positioning over a
specific track is not a problem too. I've noticed that the
elapsed time on the display during playing is a little
strange, it does not flows smoothly. Often it seems that it
takes more than one real second to switch from a second to
the next one and the gap is corrected immediately after,
when it takes a little less than one real second to show
the subsequent second in the display. Excuse me for this
horrible explanation, I hope you'll understand what I mean.
The lens is perfectly clean and the 31.5 is very well
isolated from vibrations (and I often listen to the music
at a very low volume). I leave the 31.5 in standby when
not used. Sometimes the skip comes at the beginning of the
listening session and sometimes after several minutes. I
mean that it's not related to the temperature of the unit.
I wrote several e-mail to ML USA but I've never had an
answer. Next week I'll take the 31.5 to the official
assistance center, many miles away from where I live, but
any advice/hint/help/suggestion from you will be very
appreciated. Thanks a lot in avance.

[Florian]

I think the ML has a servo drive, which can be a little bit and thus cause CD skipping. The center should be able to fix him.

:-)

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