From: utzoo!decvax!wivax!linus!genrad!mit-eddi!zzz
Newsgroups: net.audio
Title: Re: Eyewitness Account of The New Sony CD Player
Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.143
Posted: Fri Apr 29 02:07:56 1983
Received: Fri Apr 29 22:52:37 1983
References: tekid.1089


I've spent the last several years in the (usually vain) pursuit of
clean recordings on disk. So when I heard of this new CD and read
some of the earwitness accounts, I was absolutely horrified! You
mean no more running back to the record stores claiming my new
album I just bought skips?? No more of this "I'm taping now, don't
breathe when you're in the room -- it might skip the record..."??

So I went to check it out at Q Audio (in Cambridge). They had an
entire shelf full of disks for it. So I selected Mozart's K.467
piano concerto, since I've heard all kinds of performances of it
and could recognize differences easily. I was absolutely struck
dumb! There was *NO* noise, and the bass was crisp, and even the
softest passages stood out from the silence in the background.

I can't afford the $900 they're asking for it, but I can guarantee
that I'll be scrimping on my food budget at school here for the next
year, and scraping together any money I can get to get one by this
coming G.Washington's B-Day sale extravaganza that happens every year!!!

If you want to get goosebumps, even from music you might not particularly
like, just from the quality of the playback, do yourself a big favor and
seek out the nearest demo, kick back, and enjoy.

Yes, now there is something to look forward to for those who cringe at
frequent clicks and pops of standard vinyl -- a new reason for living...

				-Mike