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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!think.com!spool.mu.edu!olivea!news.bbn.com!NewsWatcher!user
  2. From: shetline@bbn.com (Kerry Shetline)
  3. Newsgroups: rec.audio
  4. Subject: Re: Selecting an LD Player
  5. Message-ID: <shetline-311292221957@128.89.19.85>
  6. Date: 1 Jan 93 03:24:58 GMT
  7. References: <1992Dec29.171405.1480@lsican.uucp> <1992Dec30.073038.14692@uhura.neoucom.edu> <shetline-301292233743@128.89.19.85> <1993Jan1.014230.19891@midway.uchicago.edu>
  8. Followup-To: rec.audio,rec.video
  9. Organization: BBN
  10. Lines: 14
  11. NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com
  12.  
  13. In article <1993Jan1.014230.19891@midway.uchicago.edu>,
  14. cal@gsbux1.uchicago.edu (Cal Lott) wrote:
  15.   ...
  16. >     Kerry, my understanding of the term "jitter" as used in "high-
  17. > end hype" has nothing to do with mechanical thumping and shaking.
  18.  
  19. That is my understanding, too. Which is why I find claims of improved
  20. mechanical stability resulting in reduced jitter in a digital signal
  21. absurd. The Theta people want you to believe that gross mechanical
  22. vibration (well short of causing mistracking) will somehow manifest in the
  23. data stream, or the analog signal produced thereof. Only in something so
  24. badly designed that in would have to be done on purpose!
  25.  
  26. -Kerry
  27.