Re: [microsound] OT (but maybe not) portable cd players and high freq

[ben nevile <bbn@xxxxxxxx>]

> wanted to
> see if anyone knows anything about why some portable cd players may
> distort while trying to play back extremely high frequencies. Aside 
> from
> a player being low quality, perhaps it partially has something to do 
> with
> the built in skip protection that many have these days?

more likely it has to do with the D/A stage.  the D/A always attenuates 
the highest possible frequencies to some degree even in the most 
expensive players.  cheap CD players have lousy D/A converters, i'm not 
surprised there's some distortion in your (extreme) signal.

ben

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