Marantz CD6000 OSE Inside Look

Like most engineers, my first thought was about this bar going over the top of the case. At first, it appears to be supporting the transformer, as there is a small window for it. However, it is there to look pretty and support the metal case.

My electronics teacher -- if I ever had one -- would of course be very unhappy, because, the metal bar could act as a conductor of EMF noise from the transformer and transfer it to the whole case! However, if I understood correctly, this transformer uses oxygen-free copper, and therefore there should not be much EMF noise. Those transformers tend to be very efficient.

Marantz engineers choose every component very carefully, and only the highest quality will do. This is the kind of company I would like to work for, but I have my mind set on the CEO position with Sony. :-) Now that they have made some losses, I am the ideal person to bring them back into profitability.

I just love the look of this HDAM PCB. The copper shields appear to have lacquer so that they will not tarnish. Copper is of course more expensive, but more efficient at screening electromagnetic radiation.

I am sure many electronic engineers and students will be interested in this design, because it looks very impressive.

The CD player is completely detachable. If you were performing the CD-R Error mod and adding the missing capacitor then you will need to remove this ribbon cable to gain access to the underside of the CD player mechanism.

This is the system control PCB.

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