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  2. From: shetline@bbn.com (Kerry Shetline)
  3. Newsgroups: rec.audio
  4. Subject: Re: Why would CD carousel sound worse than single-play?
  5. Message-ID: <shetline-220193233927@128.89.19.90>
  6. Date: 23 Jan 93 04:51:15 GMT
  7. References: <1993Jan22.104313.15975@microsoft.com>
  8. Followup-To: rec.audio
  9. Organization: BBN
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  11. NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com
  12.  
  13. In article <1993Jan22.104313.15975@microsoft.com>, davidl@microsoft.com
  14. (David Long) wrote:
  15. > It seems to me that with CD players, designing the unit as 
  16. > a carousel changer shouldn't result in any degradation of
  17. > sound quality compared to a single-play  unit.  However, 
  18. > some salespeople have told me that the single-plays sound 
  19. > better.  I don't understand why.
  20.  
  21. Because it's too convenient, and obviously if you don't make sacrifices and
  22. go through elaborate rituals you can't expect to appease the Audio God so
  23. that he will grant you the True Sound.
  24.  
  25. You see, carousels hurt in the same way that green magic marker and plastic
  26. stick-on rings help. The connection should be obvious ;-)
  27.  
  28. More seriously, because a bias against changers already existed from the
  29. days of LPs (when it was justified), it carried on without any good reason
  30. into the CD world. It has become a self-fulfilling prejudice, however,
  31. because many manufacturers making high-quality CD players don't want to
  32. have to fight market perceptions, whether they are justified or not.
  33.  
  34. -Kerry
  35.