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- Path: sparky!uunet!microsoft!wingnut!davidl
- From: davidl@microsoft.com (David Long)
- Subject: Why would CD carousel sound worse than single-play?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.104313.15975@microsoft.com>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 10:43:13 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
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- It seems to me that with CD players, designing the unit as
- a carousel changer shouldn't result in any degradation of
- sound quality compared to a single-play unit. However,
- some salespeople have told me that the single-plays sound
- better. I don't understand why.
-
- My understanding of the situation:
- In both systems, the drawer is responsible for transporting
- the CD to the "reading location", where it is clamped, lifted,
- and spun at the appropriate RPM. The laser then reads the bits
- off the disc. So why would it make a difference for the CD
- to have been delivered by rotation vs by linear drawer action?
- The CD is lifted off the tray, right? So resonance or the
- structural rigidity of the drawer shouldn't matter.
-
- I read the FAQ and didn't see anything addressing this issue
- of sound quality between single-play, carousel, and magazine
- CD changers.
-
- Any advice welcome,
- David Long
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