Re: matters of Kate-ian moment

[Dave Hsu <mimsy!eneevax!hsu@eneevax.umd.edu>]

> To Hugh:

> In response to your question, IED's UK import CD of Never For Ever
> has no such problem at the beginning of "Babooshka". Maybe yours is
> just a faulty pressing or it needs a cleaning, or maybe it's the D-5
> (my first CD player, too), which seems to get more confused by CD
> flaws than some newer models. Anyway, IED's copy of the CD starts on
> cue at 0:00.

>-- Andrew Marvick

It may be that you've hit the problem right on the head...I've long
since noticed that the D-5 mutes the very first part of whatever track
you listen to if you scoot the read head off to a new location; this
has the rotten side effect of cutting off the first downbeat to just
about everything the ecleKTic one has written lately.

On the other hand, it also tends to hide the segues between some tracks.
The solution, of course, is to back-scan as soon as you skip tracks, or
go buy another [different] CD player.

And yes, I've noticed that whine on X4 and the rerecorded Wuthering
Heights.  It's the Nagra, someone says?

-dave
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