Shanling SC_-T200C SACD Tube player. Excellent sound and engineering that is a pig to work on. 

I have finally fixed it and do not want to see one again... I also have another, broken one, but it has a fault with the "smarts". It simply does not boot. I wanted to compare it to the one that I fixed, but the servo and signal processing boards were completely different, despite both players having the same model number. The distributor will not give me diagrams, so it is the end of the road for this player. At least for now.

It’s great to hear that you successful fixed it. That gives me motivation to try. Can you teach me how to disconnect the ribbons? There are quite a bit of ribbons and some of them don’t have locking tabs to release the ribbons.

@@epicnoodles3633 In these without the tabs, you just pull them put. To re-insert them, you push them in.. The problem is, that these are not designed for repeated re-insertion and in the case of Shanling, this was necessary and resulted in some contacts peeling off. What made it worse, was that the ribbon went though a slot in the case at sharp angle, so re-insertion was difficult. Always mark a ribbons and sockets with a marker pen, so that you know which way they should go in (and to which socket in some cases, if the amount of pins is the same). Also, it often helps to take photos before disassembling units.

Sadly no one that has it (like service agents) who will give one to you. Luckily though, get someone better to do the laser change and it will be OK. Problem is, that it very laborious task. The issue is that: 1. They need a good laser unit 2. DVD lasers these days do not come preadjusted like CD lasers were. Just too many models and too many designs. So you need a proper service agent with laser power meter who is prepared to keep re-adjusting power until it works reliably for both CD and SACD guns. On this player it is very hard to do, because you have to gut it completely to do adjustment, re-assemble the unit, test it, and do it all again until there is a good result. Several hours of work. I have done this on 3 or 4 of them and have promised myself never to do it again.

I bought my laser head at a "local" trade supplier called WES components in Sydney (4000km away). Sadly, it is not a trivial thing to do, and unless you have tools and experience, you're likely to fail. As did two other workshops who attempted this repair before me. Both put in the old laser back, because after replacement, it did not play ANY disc

No, I think they are genuine. Shanling was always known for quality parts, design and construction. Many of their player had 4 x PCM-1704 DACs which were the most expensive DAC chips ever ($17 a piece)

You are probably right that all of this over-engineering is not necessary, but I suppose, it is better to have done it this way, for most of it certainly gives you some benefit. It also gave Shanling some advantage in the marketplace over others, as company that makes serious product. Much better than to produce dubious features like belt drive in a CD player which certainly is a step backwards and is done just to have market differentiation.

@@hear-net-au I understand your thinking. I believe Shanling bought YBA some time ago, perhaps some of YBA’s simplicity will in time inspire Shanling to go down that simpler path.. thank you for your feedback, omments and wonderful videos. Appreciated by many I’m sure.

@@1968krug I don't think it will inspire Shanling... They stopped making any decent equipment probably a decade ago and now only make ear buds and the like :-(

@@hear-net-au Wow, I’m surprised