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- From: shetline@bbn.com (Kerry Shetline)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Re: Why would CD carousel sound worse than single-play?
- Message-ID: <shetline-220193233927@128.89.19.90>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 04:51:15 GMT
- References: <1993Jan22.104313.15975@microsoft.com>
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- In article <1993Jan22.104313.15975@microsoft.com>, davidl@microsoft.com
- (David Long) wrote:
- >
- > 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.
-
- Because it's too convenient, and obviously if you don't make sacrifices and
- go through elaborate rituals you can't expect to appease the Audio God so
- that he will grant you the True Sound.
-
- You see, carousels hurt in the same way that green magic marker and plastic
- stick-on rings help. The connection should be obvious ;-)
-
- More seriously, because a bias against changers already existed from the
- days of LPs (when it was justified), it carried on without any good reason
- into the CD world. It has become a self-fulfilling prejudice, however,
- because many manufacturers making high-quality CD players don't want to
- have to fight market perceptions, whether they are justified or not.
-
- -Kerry
-