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Created:Mon Feb 17 1986
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950.0. "Loud CD Players" by GRAMPS::LASKY () Mon Nov 02 1987 19:03

    I have a question and complaint about CD players all at the same
    time.  I have a NEC 650 CD player for about 1 year now.  I have
    no problem with the machine or the sound of the CD's.  I believe
    that the CD player is one on the best music investments I've made,
    so whats the problem?
    
    Why is it that most CD players that I've listen to make so much
    noise while playing.  I'm talking about the drives mechanics?  If
    the music passage is quiet all I hear is the drive mechanics, it
    drives me crazy!
    
    Does anybody own a quiet CD player, if so can you let us know who
    make it?
    
    
    		
    					Bart Lasky (turn down the noise!)
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950.1Quiet as a tombHPSCAD::WALLI see the middle kingdom...Mon Nov 02 1987 19:1412
    
    My Sony D-7 makes no noise at all.  Of course, I'm listening to
    my headphones, but once it spins up it's pretty quiet when I hook
    it up to my friend's stereo, too.
    
    One roommate's Yamaha only makes noise when opening or closing
    the drawer.
    
    Another roommate's Denon doesn't even make that noise.
    
               
    DFW
950.2Problem with your NEC?ARMORY::MIKELISJJust browsing through time...Tue Nov 03 1987 11:1215
Bart,

    It must be your machine.  The noise my Yamaha CD37 
    makes is negligable as with just about all other
    machines i've heard.  How close to the player do
    you sit when you listen to CDs? :-).

>    Why is it that most CD players that I've listen to make so much
>    noise while playing.  I'm talking about the drives mechanics?  If

    Most?  Really?  What kind of noise are you referring to?  It must
    be quite loud if you can hear it during quiet musical passages.


				-jim mikelis (turn up the music)-
950.3No Noise For MeCELICA::CLEARYI want snow and lots of it!!!Tue Nov 03 1987 15:318
    I have a middle of the road Fisher unit and get zero noise while
    playing CD's.  When I first close the door I get a little noise,
    but nothing bothersome.
    
    You might try a service call.
    
    John
    
950.4Yup, you can hear it....BETHE::LICEA_KANETue Nov 03 1987 16:1418
    I also have a NEC 650 about the same vintage.  There is a definate
    increase in servo-mechanism "noise" between tracks.  During music,
    the servo is quieter, but in between, it's definately audible.
    
    (No, the music isn't masking the noise, even if I shut off the
     amplifier, I can tell when the player is tracking music and when
     it is tracking the in-betweens.)
    
    I had a couple other CD players home for a month each, and both were
    substantially noisier.  I've also been most impressed how much noise
    some high end equipment can make.  And it still amazes me that you can
    hear the memory of a 780 with your ears.
    
    Always wondered if S/N should be a measure of just what's coming
    down the line, or if the noise the equipment makes should be added
    in.
    
    								-mr. bill
950.5SYLPH::ALLENRoger AllenTue Nov 03 1987 16:1912
    I too have a Fisher. The door makes a noise, and I can hear the
    lens-carrier when it's moving long distances, but other mechanical
    noise is barely audible even with my ear close to the unit.
    
    I did hear a Maggie once that was very mechanically noisy, and could
    be heard accross the room even with moderate volume from the speakers.
    It got replaced.
    
    That mechanical noise is something "up with which you should not
    put".
    
    - roger
950.6CSC32::J_PARSONSTue Nov 03 1987 16:223
    Here's yet another quiet Fisher. The *only* times my player makes
    audible noise is when the door closes and when the lens has to traverse
    long distances. 
950.7And now for something completely different!PARITY::SZABOthe Mad HungarianTue Nov 03 1987 17:3111
    Oh no, please don't say.......too late!
    
    I never heard 'noisy' discs until I read it here.
    
    Now, I'm afraid, I'll forever notice the 'noise' my player makes!
    
    That settles it, I'm going DAT all the way!
    
    :+)   :+)   :+)
    
    JSS
950.8Early Maggies are NoisyTELCOM::ROSENBERGDick Rosenberg VRO5-2/C7Wed Nov 04 1987 13:2811
    Maggies (at least earlier ones) are known for being noisy. I own
    a 1040 and noticed that I could hear a high-pitched whine, especially
    on the earlier tracks (the ones nearer the center of the disk).
    I called up North American Phillips and they said the noise was
    normal.
    
    It really doesn't bother me unless I am sitting close (2-4') from
    my system while playing a quiet disc and at that point I am really
    closer to the CD player than I am to the fronts of the speakers.
                                                              
    Dick Rosenberg