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From: gjphw@ihuxm.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Amplifiers for CD players?
Message-ID: <668@ihuxm.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 1-Nov-83 08:21:03 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov  1 08:21:03 1983
Date-Received: Fri, 4-Nov-83 02:06:44 EST
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, Il
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  This is a request for opinions and suggestions about amplifier performance
required by CD players.

  Recently, I read an article in the Chicago Tribune (notice how low I've sunk)
that treated CD players in a cursory fashion.  Among other items, the article
mentioned that CD players require more or better performance from an amplifier
or amplifier section of a receiver than analog players.

  My question concerns what does that mean.  What is a suitable minimum power
for an amplifier (or amplifier section of a receiver) to adequately handle
CDs?  Are there other parameters of the amplifier performance that are also
important when contemplating attaching a CD player (e.g., frequency response,
rise time/slew rate, etc.)

  Suggestions and opinions can be expressed by mail, and I will summarize.
Or, this might serve as a general topic for discussion.

  Thank you in advance.
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                                    Patrick Wyant
                                    AT&T Bell Laboratories (Naperville, IL)
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