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From: keithe@tekgvs.UUCP (Keith Ericson)
Newsgroups: net.audio,net.music
Subject: Re: Sound quality of CDs
Message-ID: <1211@tekgvs.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 9-Sep-85 15:37:39 EDT
Article-I.D.: tekgvs.1211
Posted: Mon Sep  9 15:37:39 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 12-Sep-85 11:18:25 EDT
References: <446@cmu-cs-spice.ARPA> <180@batman.UUCP> <337@harvard.ARPA>
Reply-To: keithe@tekgvs.UUCP (Keith Ericson)
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Summary: 

In article <337@harvard.ARPA> sasaki@harvard.UUCP (Marty sasaki) writes:
>If you take care of your LPs, and play them on a reasonably good, well
>adjusted player, you should be able to get more than 100 plays on the LP
>before noticeable sound degradation takes place.
>
But I notice *snap*crackle*pop* on brand-new records, too! How on earth
can I ever get good sound from the trash record companies keep putting
into their (my) plastic?!
>
>Don't get me wrong, dubbing to tape is probably the best compromise
>for most people. Cassettes are easy to handle, don't require careful
>cleaning, and sound decently good. I prefer to take care of my LPs and
>get the higher fidelity that they give me over dubbed cassettes.
>
I agree with the dubbing to tape idea, and also that cassettes are going
to present an inferior version of the sound. I transcribe my records to
Beta HiFi and get the freedom from LP worries, plus I get 4-1/2 hours
of sound on a single $5-$6 tape! In fact, I'm getting to the point that
my Beta audio-only tapes will soon outnumber the video tapes (unless
I can free up the bucks for my CD player <wish, sigh, hope...>.)

keith

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