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   K-Man wrote:   
   > Thanks John - I appreciate your input. I really would prefer a   
   > working/moving juke, as opposed to a giant i-pod :)   
   >   
   > John Robertson wrote:   
   >> K-Man wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I recently bought a Rowe AMI LaserStar 100 A CD Juke. 1991 production   
   >>> model. I've just been told that the laser is 'stuffed'. Are these   
   >>> available new, somewheres?. Can someone advise?.   
   >>>   
   >>> Thanks!....K :)   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> CDM-3 players can sometimes be repaired. There are a couple of people   
   >> in the US that still fix those (not sure who though), and we have had   
   >> some success here in Canada with fixing the player or (more likely)   
   >> the controller.   
   >>   
   >> The CDadpter is an option, but not as much fun as a working   
   >> machine...you might as well have an i-Pod.   
   >>   
   >> John :-#)#   
   >>   
      
   Yes, I agree, it is not unlike taking the engine out of a Model-T and   
   replacing it with an electric motor. Most of the fun is the old technology.   
      
   I can't believe I just said CDs are old technology! It doesn't seem that   
   long ago that CD's were coming in!   
      
   John :-#)#   
      
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