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Re: mastering for cheap cd players

Subject: Re: mastering for cheap cd players
From: Eric Benjamin <>
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 15:57:03 -0800 (PST)
Rich,

wrap-around distortion?  I've encountered clipping
analog stages, saturating digital filters, but never
wrap-around (in a CD player).  Want to sell me your
player?  I want to check it out!

Eric

--- Rich Peet <> wrote:

> I master on a fine a/d converter.  I have gone to
> checking my mix and
> making corrections in a starbucks coffee house if it
> is to be played
> at a normal home environ.  I now also check to the
> cheap cd players as
> well. I have not figured out how to mix for car
> stereo yet.
>
> It does not matter if it is mp3 or audio cd. When
> above -5db to 0db I
> get wrap around digital distortion on my cheap
> pocket cd player.
>
> Rich
>
> --- In  Ed Anson
> <> wrote:
> >
> > Rich,
> >
> > That is interesting, but could you clarify? Does
> this happen only with
> > mp3, or with CD format as well? Is that -5dB peak,
> or what?
> >
> > Ed
> >
> > On Jan 9, 2006, at 6:18 PM, Rich Peet wrote:
> >
> > > I requested an inexpensive cd with mp3 player
> for xmas.
> > >
> > >  It is important to note that these cheap
> players people commonly use
> > >  distort if they see a sound above -5db.=C3=82
> Playing some mass produced
> > >  nature sound cd's I see warblers commonly
> distorting because they go
> > >  above -5.
> > >
> > >  Rich
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Microphones are not ears,
> > >  Loudspeakers are not birds,
> > >  A listening room is not nature."
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