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From: seifert@ihuxl.UUCP (D.A. Seifert)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Error Counts on CD - (nf)
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Date: Mon, 27-Feb-84 09:40:36 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 27 09:40:36 1984
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> Do you require a metering device on your turntable or cassette
> deck that displays tracking error, distortion etc.?  (I agree that
> it is extremely useful to know these things, but usually your
> ear tells you something is wrong then you check out the equipment.
> Is there any reason why a CD player should have a capability that 
> most analog devices lack?)
> 
> 	Steve Tynor    

A device to display tracking error, distortion, etc. would
add greatly to the cost of the component.  Accurate test
gear costs big bucks.

But adding an LED to a CD player would be very cheap. Even if you
throw in a counter and seven-segment display, it would add almost 
nothing to the final price.  The machine *already knows* it has
an error, all you have to do is display the fact.
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