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From: sasaki@harvard.ARPA (Marty Sasaki)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: CD questions and record/CD clubs
Message-ID: <209@harvard.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 11:29:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 24 11:29:00 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 26-Jun-85 05:51:41 EDT
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I just read a few CD player reviews in Stereo Review and was bothered by
them. Basically, the reviews said that all CD players sound good, and
the differences between them are so minor that they aren't worth
considering. The reviews consisted mostly of the enumeration of the
programming features.

Which brings me to my first question: How important are the programming
features? Do netters who own CD players really use the various features?

Where do you go for good reviews of CD players and CDs?

I have a friend who joined a record club (don't remember which one).
When he joined he enclosed a note which stated that he refused to pay
for anything that he didn't explicitly order from the club. When the
first un-asked for selection arrived (he didn't return the little card
telling the club that he wasn't interested in the monthly selection), he
sent them a note thanking them for the record. With the note he enclosed
his bill and a copy of the original note that he had sent in. This went
on for about six months until he got a call from the club. They wanted
their money. My friend explained what had happened. The guy on the phone
said that he would be back in touch. The result was that he stopped
getting the default selection, didn't have to pay for the records that
had been "given", and stayed in the club for about two years getting
only the records that he really wanted.
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  Marty Sasaki				net:   sasaki@harvard.{arpa,uucp}
  Havard University Science Center	phone: 617-495-1270
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