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From: nz@wucs.UUCP (Neal Ziring)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: "Don't Buy Brand X" type of advice
Message-ID: <1116@wucs.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 26-Aug-85 11:13:12 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 26 11:13:12 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 27-Aug-85 06:20:54 EDT
References: <911@uscvax.UUCP>
Organization: Washington U. in St. Louis, CS Dept.
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Summary: two cents worth

In article <911@uscvax.UUCP>, motro@uscvax.UUCP (Ami Motro) writes:
> Recently, JU advised us "don't get a Technics CD Player".
> The reasons (given in merciless detail) can be summarized as a misfortune 
> with a unit that he bought, and substantial delays in service.
...
> It seems to me as a somewhat limited evidence for such harsh conclusions.
...
>     Ami Motro

I agree.  Considering the frequency with which components built by reputable
companies break down (without abuse :-) buying a unit on the basis of its
probable service time is a poor way to make a choice.

(!Disclaimer: I have a Technics 'P7, which has NEVER given ANY trouble,
 several local records stores have technics too, and after months of many
 hours of play every day, theirs have NEVER given ANY trouble either.)

I may be naive, but I like to buy stereo equipment based on how it sounds.
As for CD players, I have never conducted a test sensitive (?) enough to
tell one from another by ear.-- 
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	Washington University Engineering Computer Laboratory

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