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From: ben@moncol.UUCP (Bennett Broder)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Reliability of Sony CD Players (error correction)
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Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 10:15:33 EDT
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>As the respondees with a "skipping" 520-ES player I have some more
>information.  I took the unit back to the dealer with the 6 suspect
>CD's in hand.
>
>After talking with one of their people for a few minutes, we looked
>at the CD's.  Every single one of them had holes (visible when held
>up to a bright light) in a place that approximately correlated with
>where they were skipping.  If you don't remember (or haven't yet
>received the original article) all the skipping occured in the later
>tracks on the CD, i. e. the outer portion of the disc.  One in particular,
>a disc of Elton John's Good Bye Yellow Brick Road, was riddled!

I don't think this should make much difference.  I have examined my
CDs and noticed that many have these holes and that many (particularly
those made in Germany) are riddled with holes.  Every one of these
plays flawlessly on my Revox player.  In fact, I have experimented
with applying a thin strip of tape (1/8") radially across the CD, the
player had no difficulty correcting for this.  Since Sony players have
an excellent reputation for their error correction, I suspect
something might be amiss in your machine.  I would suggest that you
try the defective disks in another 520-ES.  If the new machine is able
to play the CDs without incident, send your unit back to Sony or
insist on a replacement.

Ben Broder
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