Where do I buy a a CD deck

[chakka35]

The CD deck in my hi-fi stack has perished and I don't feel like replacing it with the official replacement (even if Sony still make it) which would be unnecessarily large and expensive.

Since you can buy CD players (with amplifier and speaker(s)) quite cheaply now I assumed that you could also buy CD decks - that is, just the disk player with audio output to feed into the hi-fi system. But I can't find such a thing. Anyone any ideas, please?

[gingejbee]

Richer Sounds have them - good prices and excellent service.

[gingejbee]

Some here.....

http://www.richersounds.com/search/cd%20player

[chakka35]

Many thanks, gingejbee.

[ChuckFickens]

Check that your stereo has standard RCA connectors for the CD input, and not some propriety connector as some do.

[hc4361]

Try eBay

[deggers316]

"cash converters" have these in

[gingejbee]

Re: EDDIE's comment above. There are CD players that are designed for domestic use and others designed for professional DJ use. I wouldn't consider them interchangeable.

[ChuckFickens]

DJ CD players would normally have a pitch bend control on them that home ones wouldn't (and cost 2-3 times more)

I'd agree that cash converters or similar would be a good place to get one on a budget as long as you can see it working before buying.

[paintpowder1]

If your hi-fi stack is a fairly good one,i would go for a CD player/recorder which will allow you to record as well as play for just a few pounds extra, and as chuck says,these would also have the standard RCA connectors as well as the optical and text recording facilities which you might find are very useful features.Reason i say this is that i would always be wary of buying anything electronic with moving parts, secondhand...but you might be lucky with something if it were solid state.