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From: czp@houxa.UUCP (C.PODARAS)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Sampling CD's before purchase
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Date: Thu, 10-May-84 09:42:00 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 10 09:42:00 1984
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it may not be wise to suggest that dealers "remove the disc from its
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tall package and put it with all the others so it could be auditioned,"
at least if you wish to be picky about knowing the origin of the disc.  
currently, there are situations where many discs are correctly (read: 
fully digitally) mastered in their us versions, but copied from analog 
in overseas distribution.  a tall (plastic or box) package from warner, 
windham hill, a & m, telarc, and others insures that it's us market.
prime example which i mentioned in a previous article: donald fagan's 
nightfly.  however, of course, it's not a failsafe...denon (with 
generally good quality discs) ships to the us only in the storage box.

by all means, work on cd dealers to let you audition before buying.  i 
personally prefer doing so on good headphones, as you can't always get a 
quiet listening environment in a busy store to hear just how good a cd 
can sound.  locally, hi fi haven (new brunswick, nj)is pretty good about 
auditioning.
				chuck podaras
				houxa!czp
 

a point about the packaging of cd's: