"none" ""gfraser\"@(none)" wrote in message
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How has upgrading you system changed your CD buying habits? Do you
spend more money on demo disks? Do you buy stuff you don't really like
just becaused it is a 'DDD' CD, HDCD, SACD? Ever bought a disk just
because you read some one had used it as a listening test cd in a
reveiw? Can you honestly say you just buy the music you want to listen
to, or has getting the best out of your system become an obsession?
If Dark Side of the Moon was only in you collection on a chewed-up C-90,
would it ever get played?


I'd built up a collection of around 100 CDs (mainly classical, orchestral,
some opera & much piano) since CDs were first introduced, initially with a
single CD player, and then using a 5 CD player. However, my CD purchasing
rate has increased significantly since getting a Sony juke box style player.
It's the 400 capacity CDP-CX455 and I found it at about 1/2 original price
last September. It's technically more capable than the 300 capacity model
still in Sony's catalogue, and I've listened to music a lot more since
getting it, and my purchases have explored a wider field - so that can't be
bad. (Claims to be able to play MP3 encoded CDs, but the one sample I have
will only play on my Picot DVD player.)
I really do like the ease of playing any of my growing collection of CDs at
the press of a few buttons. Haven't saved any space as the original CD
cases & boxes are stored for the occasional reference.
I do have one or two test CDs which come in useful once in a while to make
sure that "right" source etc. is connected to the right speaker etc.
--
M Stewart
Milton Keynes, UK
http://www.megalith.freeserve.co.uk/oddimage.htm