Re: CD player quality recommendation

""Schöön" Martin" <Martin.Schoon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:s5zu0ecairk.fsf@xxxxxxxxx
> "Arny Krueger" <arnyk@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> <snip>
>>
>> I find that there still be be significant differences in
>> sound quality due to things like ability to track
>> difficult media. One leading common source of difficult
>> media is home-burned CDs. The degree to which light
>> mistracking can be confused with problems in the analog
>> domain may surprise many.
>>
> Hmm, the only CDs I have serious problems with are CDs I
> have bought.

Burn enough CDs on enough different types of media and play
them in enough different players and sooner or later... ;-)

>My home-brewn LP->CD 'products' have never
> caused me any problems.

The so-called law of averages comes into play. I was trying
to figure out how many CDs I've burned over the years, and
its up past 1,000 probably past 2,000 and maybe even 5,000.
50-and 100 disc spindles and packs have been known to
"disappear" in numbers within a day or two.

> I am actually considering clone one of my problems CD to
> be able to listen to the last tracks on my stereo.

This can work - I've played this *trick* a number of times
with good success. The key to sucess here is that the better
ripping packages (CDEX, EAC) can read and reread a disc
until they find consistent results. CD players as a rule do
everything on the fly - once and only once.


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