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From: wjm@whuxj.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: More on CD's
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Date: Thu, 26-Jan-84 09:00:21 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 26 09:00:21 1984
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Those of you who like CD's will be pleased with two articles in this month's
(Feb. '84) issue of "Audio".  Both B.V. Pisha (who reviews phono cartridges
and similar items for them) and E.T. Canby (who does their classical record
reviews) are quite pleased with several Telarc CD's.  Pisha notes that the
CD's can produce considerably more dynamic range than analog recordings, and
I'd agree with him - although dbx encoding can improve the analog situation
considerably.
I'm not surprised at these comments - Let's face it, the same people who are
producing BAD LP's are producing bad CD's.  Fortunately, there are companies
like Telarc who care about sound quality (both in LP and CD form).
Note that I'm steering clear of the analog vs. digital quagmire
although my experience has found that
the best digital recordings (e.g. Telarc's) are of the same quality
as the best analog ones (e.g. Sheffield's and Mobile Fidelity's).
While we're talking about the Feb. 84 "Audio", its worthwhile to read
Pisha's review of the Boston Acoustics cartridge - and to see another
high quality MC cartridge on the market.
Bill Mitchell
CSO
Whippany, NJ (whuxj!wjm)