Dedicated CD players versus X box S and Sony.
I was playing this 1991 CD from Seal - Seal (see photo's of this CD jewelcase inserted), via the new media player app. on my 2016 Microsoft Xbox S HDMI out into my flatscreen and analog stereo headphone mini jack out from flatscreen into the tape 1 play RCA input of my Pioneer 9500 II. (See photo inserted)
It played till let's say the first 40 seconds of the last track "Violet's. A rather silent but audible 'tsjirp' and it stopped playing, not only in the app but also physical in the Xbox S. Now I bought this cd in a thrift store. I always check visually if it is scratchless or minor scratches, but playable without any clicks ,tjirps, skips or other problems in my CD players. I haven't misjudged a CD in that respect once!
But so it seams misjudged this Seal disc. See photo inserted with the CD upside down on kitchen counter top, trying to show the non profound surface scratches on this disc.
But I was not convinced I had misjudged the disc that way it became audible problematic and would even stop playing. I hooked up my 1984 Philips CD-101 and the track played audible and physical without any issues! See 2 photo's inserted of the Philips playing this CD and a photo of the upderside of the player with seriel etc.
So I tried track 8. 'Violet' in my two late 80's Denon dedicated (5) CD carousels and my two early 90's same type dedicated CD Sony carousels. The Denon's played without any issues the track, including even the Sony's. (No pictures of the 2 Denon"s and 2 Sony's inserted but model numbers are :
Denon DCM-260
Denon DCM-340
Sony CDP-C435
Sony CDP-C515
Who would think a 1984 first gen. Philips CD-101 CD player and 3rd and 4th gen. Denon and Sony cd players would beat related to scratched CD,s playability and fault correction wise, a December 2017 released and purchased Microsoft Xbox S? But it, (they) did!
Note: Light surface scratches can be successfully polished 'out'. But I haven't tried that with any of my CD's (most are mint perfect anyways, but still). I have cleaned all my CD's and other optical discs with 99,99% isopropanol alcohol by the way.
I was playing this 1991 CD from Seal - Seal (see photo's of this CD jewelcase inserted), via the new media player app. on my 2016 Microsoft Xbox S HDMI out into my flatscreen and analog stereo headphone mini jack out from flatscreen into the tape 1 play RCA input of my Pioneer 9500 II. (See photo inserted)
It played till let's say the first 40 seconds of the last track "Violet's. A rather silent but audible 'tsjirp' and it stopped playing, not only in the app but also physical in the Xbox S. Now I bought this cd in a thrift store. I always check visually if it is scratchless or minor scratches, but playable without any clicks ,tjirps, skips or other problems in my CD players. I haven't misjudged a CD in that respect once!
But so it seams misjudged this Seal disc. See photo inserted with the CD upside down on kitchen counter top, trying to show the non profound surface scratches on this disc.
But I was not convinced I had misjudged the disc that way it became audible problematic and would even stop playing. I hooked up my 1984 Philips CD-101 and the track played audible and physical without any issues! See 2 photo's inserted of the Philips playing this CD and a photo of the upderside of the player with seriel etc.
So I tried track 8. 'Violet' in my two late 80's Denon dedicated (5) CD carousels and my two early 90's same type dedicated CD Sony carousels. The Denon's played without any issues the track, including even the Sony's. (No pictures of the 2 Denon"s and 2 Sony's inserted but model numbers are :
Denon DCM-260
Denon DCM-340
Sony CDP-C435
Sony CDP-C515
Who would think a 1984 first gen. Philips CD-101 CD player and 3rd and 4th gen. Denon and Sony cd players would beat related to scratched CD,s playability and fault correction wise, a December 2017 released and purchased Microsoft Xbox S? But it, (they) did!
Note: Light surface scratches can be successfully polished 'out'. But I haven't tried that with any of my CD's (most are mint perfect anyways, but still). I have cleaned all my CD's and other optical discs with 99,99% isopropanol alcohol by the way.
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