Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
Like CD players with well-built but obsolete transports, or for instance Sony's unobtainable v-fet transistors and so-called "death diodes".
Where did you get that information from? It's new to me.

Thing is, as you found from a search the other day, there are plenty of vintage Sony CDPs on the used market, which can be bought for spare parts, so if you know a good EE, repairing them really isn't an issue.

Marco.