"Phil Allison" wrote in message
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Brian-Gaff wrote:

In the very start of digital some recordings looked fantastic on specs
but
sounded crap, seeming like they had some kind of noise gate on them. then
came dither, which made recordings sound right again. I'll just leave
this
hanging there....




** One of the first CDs I bought was of solo classical piano on the Erato
label. At the end of each track, as the final note faded down it turned
into a fizzing sound. This was noticeable at other quiet times too.

Reminded of crossover distortion in an amplifier.

So I returned the CD to the store because of the defect and was offered
another copy by the sales person - who must have thought is was a bad
pressing.

I knew better and asked for a credit instead.

I got a very funny reaction to doing that.

A bad pressing? I like that :-))
The sales person could have checked the bad pressing as
below. Pic taken 2010 by Keith G )

http://www.kolumbus.fi/iain.churches...rafidelity.jpg


Iain