Well done Adrian, very glad to hear you had success with the 598 at least. The G91A is a complete mystery to me.

I tried replacing the laser assembly on my DSL-720 drive, but it didn't work at all. I found the ribbon cable connecting the drive to the laser very fiddly, might have broken it. There's also the challenge of identifying and removing the anti-static link (blob!), which I wasn't too clear about. So many ways to do things wrong!

While I'm tempted to keep experimenting, I think I'm going to hang up my earth strap and reassemble the 596 case.

But I'm going to keep an eye out for another iHDP118 drive. Just in case...

-Ed


SB Touch, 596, 551, Monitor Audio Silver 9is,
SB Touch, Arcam DV79, Arcam AVR350, A500s
Sennheiser HD595 cans