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From: wjm@whuxk.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Choosing a CD player
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Date: Sat, 1-Oct-83 11:33:26 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct  1 11:33:26 1983
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I just received the October issue of "Audio" with the annual equipment directory.
This year theyv'e added a new section for CD players.
So far, I haven't seen much evidence to say that any of the CD players on the
market sound much different than any other.  Personally if I were going to
buy a CD player right now, I'd buy the Kyocera, since it seems to have the
best error-correcting circuitry of the models on the market, and I like some
of its automatic programming features.  I like the idea that Sears is introducing
a "no-frills" model for $589, since it will make CD's available to more people
and will cause the other manufacturers to drop their prices.
Actually, I plan to wait a while before getting a CD player to allow more CD's
to become available and to let the manufacturers get the bugs out of the designs.
I recommend that people read Dual's ad in the October '83 "Audio" since it
explains the rationale for a) buying or waiting to buy a CD player and b) buying
a good analog disk player - I'm not necessarily endorsing Dual's equipment
I just agree with their logic.
             Bill Mitchell
             (whuxk!wjm)