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From: thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: New CD owner is disappointed
Message-ID: <1192@utah-gr.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 28-Sep-84 17:40:39 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 28 17:40:39 1984
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cjy@charm.UUCP (Charles J. Yashinovitz) writes:
>
>Last week I became a New CD owner. I am a little disappointed.
>I hear noise very similar to tape hiss between tracks on popular disks
>and during the quite passages on a classical disk.The noise is not 
>exceptionally loud, but I can still hear it. I am convinced the source 
>of the hiss is not my amplifier because if I hit the "STOP" button on 
>the CD player, the noise stops. 
>
>
>                       Charlie Yashinovitz
>                        charm!cjy


What you are probably hearing is "ambient" noise.  The CD is so quiet as
a medium that you can hear the noise of people breathing, etc.  Sit in a
"quiet" auditorium sometime, you'll be surprised how noisy it really is.

=Spencer