(ot) CD-R's/ CD player recommendations/Scott

[Scott Hansen <scott-a-hansen@uiowa.edu>]

(to emile, et al...)
i will say that i'm not the person to ask for rec's on equipment.
my sony cd player (5 disc player) was a "cheapy" model i got at local 
best buy 2 yrs ago when my first cd player bit the dust. i think it 
cost 50$. it's been ok player, but i don't think it's great by any 
stretch, and i think it will probably die in the next yr or so. i 
wish i would have bought one of those 70/80 disc cd things, so i can 
load up most of my discs and be done w/ it-finding that
other users in loading and unloading discs and they get a bit 
"man-handled", not good for the discs.
i can say that i'm the only one who touches my loop cd collection, 
and i baby those things...
s---


>I've had different kinds of problems with CD'R's, and , indeed with 
>regular CD's as well. Sometimes they skip and don;t play at all, and 
>sometimes, (even more annoying) the disks would start to sound like 
>they had an extra percussionist with very bad time  presumably the 
>player was encountering errors and almost recovering from them. This 
>would usually not happen until part way through the disk.
>
>I had the happen on a JVC CD player, first with CD-R's and 
>eventually with all CD's. I replaced it with a Technics SL-PD9 
>changer, which has the same problem on some CD-R's, and on one 
>purchased (perhaps manufactured as a CDR) CD.
>
>I'm looking to replace the technics with a changer that is more 
>robust in playing CD-R's and hopefully more convenient to use. 
>Recommendations? Scott, which Sony do you have and how do you like 
>it.
>
>Thanks.


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