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From: dat@hpcnoe.UUCP (dat)
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Subject: Re: CD-only releases
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Date: Fri, 23-Nov-84 01:25:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 23 01:25:00 1984
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Nf-From: hpcnoe!dat    Nov  1 22:25:00 1984


	(I leap, brandishing keyboard, into the fray)

	As far as I am concerned, the public is being sold a real
bum rap as far as the CD players - ask any engineer at a company
that makes them - THEY AIN'T GUNNA BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEW
STUFF IN TWO YEARS!  For purely monetary gain, the record companies
and a bunch of electronics companies are pushing CD's and CD players
harder than I have ever seen ANYthing pushed in this industry.  

	Subjectively, I have heard 'mediocre' records (vinyl) on
top-notch turntables, versus CD's of the same selection...the vinyl
was far more 'listenable'.  (What else IS there, with music, anyway?)

	Admittedly, if you want to spend less than $250 on a turntable,
or buy some Japanese piece of sh*t (most, not all) then it DOES make
sense to pick up a CD...but I hope everyone who is spending hundreds
and hundreds of dollars on this equipment is throwing it into a cesspool
of no-returns!  By next Christmas, I predict that the industry will
not only come out with wider bandwidths (essential) on CD's, but will
also have 'record' capabilities.

	In the meantime, I am planning on buying a Linn turntable for
$300+ and enjoying my $1500 record collection (99% of which will NEVER
appear on CD's) and waiting for read/write CD players.


	Any comments?

					Dave Taylor
					Hewlett-Packard
					Colorado Networks Operation