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From: jeff@tesla.UUCP (Jeff Frey)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: CD Skipping?
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Date: Thu, 13-Oct-83 18:16:55 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 13 18:16:55 1983
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I`ve got 32 CDs so far and have never heard a skip.  I have heard, since
February, perhaps two soft (i.e., nonreproducible) dropouts lasting much
much less than a second each.  I handle the discs as any sane person would,
by the edges to avoid fingerprints; don`t let them sit around gathering
dust outside of their {infernal} boxes, and never dust or otherwise
treat them before playing.  I`ve also got perhaps 500 analogue discs
that it almost doesn`t seem worthwhile playing any more (preener, dust bug,
dust cover, play).  Out of all the discussion of CD`s so far, plus my
own experience, plus the imminent appearance of the $300-400 CD player,
two facts emerge:
   1. the analogue record is dead.
   2. there is nothing audible to criticize in the technology.

The only valid criticisms that can be made are of the masters.  So let`s
stop wasting time on the technology and start seeing some CD software
critiques on the net!

Jeff