I JUST WANNA KNOW IF THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ANY ONE ELSE OUT THERE ,I HAVE HAD MY PS2'S ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW AND THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING FINE UP UNTIL LAST WEEK ,WHEN I PLUGGED THEM IN AND THERE WAS A DISTINCT POPPING NOISE AND THE UNMISTAKEABLE SMELL OF SOMETHING BURNING . WELL NEEDLESS TO SAY THEY STOPPED WORKING,THEY ARE NOW "DEAD".SINCE I LIVE IN THE CARRIBBEAN I HAD TO TAKE THEM TO MY LOCAL TECH ,WHO HAS INFORMED ME THAT BOTH THE CONTROL BOARD AND BUFFER BOARD ARE NOT FUNCTIONING.SO NOW I GUESS I HAVE TO GO TRU THE HASSLE OF ORDERING THEM TRU CUSTOMER SUPPORT,AND OF COURSE THERE IS THE EXCHANGE RATE INVOLVED(6.25 FOR ONE US DOLLAR) ANY CHANCE OF AH DISCOUNT FROM SUPPORT?

You said you've had them only a year, you should still be covered under warrenty. The only way you wouldn't be is if you intentionally damaged your players from neglect of some sort. Not checking proper voltage, grounding so on. Did your players run hot when they did work?

YES THEY ALWAYS RUN HOT(PLUS ITS ALWAYS HOTT DOWN HERE 32DEGREES CELSIUS ALMOST EVERY DAY!) BUT I INSTALLED FANS IN THE DJ CONSOLE TO COOL THEM DOWN

I second that....they run hot in fact almost too hot to be reliable.

ROQ out.

well my tech says that i gotta get two buffer boards,and two of the main boards with the display which is gonna cost me ah couple grand (my money)plus shipping.But i still stand behing american audio,in my opinion its still the best player in its class and price range.im gonna sell these and buy me another pair

Get the CDI-500's they run allot cooler, and I have had mine on running for a week strait as a stress test. No heat problems.