Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!ihuxl!seifert From: seifert@ihuxl.UUCP (D.A. Seifert) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Error Counts on CD - (nf) Message-ID: <935@ihuxl.UUCP> Date: Mon, 27-Feb-84 09:40:36 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxl.935 Posted: Mon Feb 27 09:40:36 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 28-Feb-84 00:39:19 EST References: <5847@uiucdcs.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 23 > 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. -- _____ /_____\ Have you hugged your beagle today? /_______\ Snoopy |___| ____|___|_____ ihnp4!ihuxl!seifert