I earlier posted on another of the Cyrus threads here; now I've found this one! - I needed to replace my CD player & can't get into a town/shopping centre. Since the previous CD player was a Cyrus & had been reliable for six years I bought the Cyrus CD8SE. From the box delivered this Tuesday it refused to read the first disc, played two discs, eventually agreed to no. 4 after some negotiation ... & swallowed the seventh disc. By switching off at the plug I recovered the CD. All were Red Book CDs from established labels in pristine condition.
Cyrus have agreed to refund me, though "we" still haven't sorted out how they (or, presumably, the nearest Sevenoaks) are going to collect it. Had I done an internet search before buying the player I'd have avoided the Cyrus. Which is a lesson.
I am amazed by this. To me it's absolutely clear that these machines should not be being offered for sale. "Reliability" issues aside (which they aren't: it doesn't work properly) I wouldn't trust it with my carefully looked after & long compiled CD collection. There must be the risk of damage associated with the reading/disc eject faults.
There is more on this at the Cyrus Unofficial Forum (& I'd imagine the contributors are well-disposed to Cyrus, have an attachment to the 'brand' http://www.rdhworld.myzen.co.uk/smfcu/index.php?topic=15312.0). The idea of having to turn a CD player upside down & pat it to get it to eject a disc is pure farce
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I'd be very grateful to know if anyone has a view on another player: the Roksan Caspian M2 CD Player. I can't get out to listen to & compare players - I had a bad accident last year & I'm still not too mobile. Music isn't my profession, but I do work with musicians & music is essential to me. My musical interests are 'early' (Medieval/Renaissance vocal); Baroque; later classical music; contemporary classical music/free improv. & a bit of punk
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Thanks in advance.