Anyone else have trouble playing certain CDs?

I know BlackVynil did on Now 61 and I have on Now 62 with tracks 21 & 22 on CD 1.

Both were requested for the slowie section and neither played. Track 21 cued up and then stopped part way through and 22 wouldnt cue at all...

Its always the very end tracks of the cds.

Anyone else come across this? The CD itself is perfect with no blemishes and I am using it on a Denon DND9000.....

Denon thats your problem

To be serious I have not had any problem with any of them on my Pioneers.

I have a Sony MD/CD player in the kitchen at home. It cost me almost £300 a few years ago - I got it because the sound is superb. Like you though, it has never been very good at playing the last few tracks when directly selected - if you listen to the whole CD then, generally, it is fine. I get around this by selecting track 22 if I want track 21, leave it 'searching' for a few seconds then skip back to track 21, which will then play.

I had the engineer out on warranty and he said it was just one of them things. Not happy with his explanation the manufacturer (Sony) said I must have been using cheap CD's - computer created, etc. I may play the odd one or two, but this player is used by me when I prepare for gigs using professional DJ CD's, etc.

They never gave me a decent explanation.

No not had that problem YET as there is always a first.
which reminds me to get another disc cleaner I know there are lots on the market but has any one got any ideas which are the best type?
Pete.

Its caused by the CD DISC manufacturers not sticking to "the book" (usually deliberately to try and confuse CD-ROM drives on PCs as a very basic Anti-piracy stunt).

I used to have this problem on various pre-80minute CDs CD-decks and also on my DN-D9000 - but not anymore.

What version of firmware is in your DN-D9000 (It'll be displayed on the screen when you go into presets)? Its quick, easy and free to update the firmware on a Denon, unlike on say...(as mentioned above)...a Pioneer, who have previously made users send their CDJ's back to the factory for the numerous firmware upgrades to allow their earlier players to play CD-singles without stopping randomly, play CD singles with video tracks on them, accept CDR's over 74 mins long etc. Indeed, someone who bought a CDJ-1000mk1 at time of release would have had to have had to have returned their CDJs' for firmware upgrades 3 times (4 firmware releases...version 5 went straight into the CDJ1000 mk2...to find out Pio firmware version, hold down "Loop out" for 5 seconds).

On Denon's you can download the latest firmware free from the website (you'll need your serial number from the label on the back of the unit), burn it to CDR, insert that disc in your Denon, and a couple of minutes later - you've got the very latest firmware in your pride-and-joy.

Tonsk, PM me with your firmware version (from the Preset menu)...cheers!

No problem playing any of the tracks on my S5000s as gary says must just be a firmware update...

I use denon 9000 and have no problem playing these tracks.