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As long as you dont butcher my dinner, all is good. 😁

Thanks Brian! Even though I have my Emotiva, there is something about the TL-3200 that I like A LOT! Even without the Digital Time Lens engaged, the overall tonal quality and balance are just a pleasant listening experience.

Long-awaited follow-up to this little syssiphian task: So Roland from High-Tech Audio reached out to me last night with an update on the 'patient'. He was about to give up and take the unit off life support (swapped out the sled motor, the disc motor and drive gear to the playback motor. Let's just say who ever repaired it before jerry-rigged the shit out of it). Finally, before we was about to pronounce the client dead, he though that maybe a tweak of the motor bias might help. Sure enough, the unit has been playing flawless since last night and throughout the morning! So later this week, I get my CD player back! Only cost $200 (not including the CD player scavenger for a pickup head).

Look here as well as ebay and US Audio Mart (iirc). You may be able to find things on fb marketplace depending on where you are located.

Coming late to this party, obviously - but if I recall, the original germ of this idea came from David Hafler when he was a designer for Dynaco. It was in Stereo Review back in the late 70's where I recall reading it as well. Here is the wiki link: Hafler Circuit

Without having access to a service manual, I am not sure if the 0.6V is low or is expected. If you have something as simple as a DMM w/continuity checker and a copy of the schematic, you can trace the signal path. That is the thing I would suggest. Others are far more experienced (I am sure there are a few retired techs who can offer far better advice than myself). Good luck.

I wont know the part numbers until I receive the bill. And even then, IT MAY NOT WORK. These are just the things Roland observed. 🤷‍♂️

The Saga of the 3200 continues on... So the last time we heard from our intrepid carverphile, he had picked up a Carver TL-3220 from ebay that had a 'bad playback motor'. Ok, so I said to myself "Self, for $100, this would be worth the risk to get the 3200 playing happily again." So the sacrificial lamb arrived a week later, and I made arrangements with Roland at Hi-Tech Audio in Stevenson, WA. (Lovely little town 50 mi east of me, and the snow was lovely.) Before I took both units east, I did a final bit of investigation. From past testing, a cd would skip on track 2 and at the outer edges of the disc. Well lo-and behold, I played two discs that played all the way through! Took the units to Roland with my notes of what I discovered. After some investigation on his part, and 2 more CDs that played all the way through, he found that a) the motor on my unit was starting to go bad and b) the motor on the sacrificial lamb had been replaced with a non-carver part. So motors are ordered, and both units may be up and running (or both may have other failures... who knows). The point is, I may have two Carvers, one i will sell to recover the cost of this crazy restoration.

Rest in Peace, Ralph Towner

Check the for the technical manual here at this site. That would be a good starting point.

Velkommen!

Sk1Bum, I have heard great things about KWPQ. I will give them a listen and add them to my station repertoire. Joe

Sk1Bum, actually considering the WiiM AirPlay 2. I was looking at the Arylic S10, but the Andriod app is incompatible with my J23 Samsung.

The bad part about the PNW is that good quality FM stations are hard to come by. There are maybe two that are not filled with talking ad nauseum and rampant "fund raising" (speaking of fund-raising, WTH is going to happen now that the Corp for Public Broadcasting closed up shop? (Political comments stuffed in the closet). I did happen to find a good station to stream from the Bay Area: https://kcsm.org/ It is A LOT better than my usual station (https://www.kmhd.org/) and had a more varied playlist (sorry KMHD, I can only listen to the same Kamasi Washington tune so many times before my ears get tired). I am still in the market for a digital streamer instead of my MacBook, so that will be a little better audio I expect.

Sk1bum, I like Brave New World, but Black Diamond really gets me in a happy place.

Andy Narell's The Hammer Carter/Jones/Watanabe/Williams Carnaval

One thing I have noticed of late (and could really use confirmation on) is that many of the manuals that are on hifi-engine are slolwy finding their way over to vinyl-engine which renders them IMPOSSIBLE to access UNLESS YOU HAVE AN ACCOUNT. The problem is, the owner of vinyl-engine also owns hifi-engine and they have restricted (read stopped) new accounts. I looked over at Electrotanya.com but they only have a service manual. I did see a few user manuals on ebay but they want $24 USD.

What specifically are you looking for? Just a Users Guide or other information, such as personal experience?

Ok, so the project I am working on: An indirect replacement for the nonsense known as discogs: Data tracking without all the nonsense. So I thought I would involve chatgpt to cut out some of the chafe. Big mistake. HUGE! On thing about vibe coding/chatgpt is, you the user HAVE TO KNOW what you are doing! It is one thing to be a complete noob about coding.. ANY CODING! but then the old garbage in/garbage out makes itself apparent. AI is, if one gets down to it, rather stupid and really DOESNT save a lot of time. But, it IS helpful for recalling commands that one has forgotten over time. Save your time and invest in other things besides AI stocks.

I also have a TL-3200 with a bad laser. Many people i have talked with (High Tech Audio and Espiron Audio) have both told me that laser heads are no longer made. DO NOT look for a compatible replacement. Sadly they don't exist (I was told a KSS-152A is compatible... it isnt). I had to buy a TL-3220 for parts (it has a bad motor). I am hoping to either fix the 3220 or 3200 and sell the remaing pieces (display, tray, MB, etc) for parts. Another source (and i wish I could find the web page) is that both Luxman and NAD CD players use the same read head as Carver tl-32XX series (DLBA-1 IIRC). Good luck with the TL Joe

Welcome Horace!

4krow - I tried to format better than what I was seeing from the desktop. Sorry for the poor execution. Sk1Bum - Access was a truly bad idea from m$.

Thank you Sk1bum!

BB King at the Hollywood Bowl

(stupid noobie)