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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!ee.gatech.edu!lockhart
  3. From: lockhart@eecom.gatech.edu (John B. Lockhart)
  4. Subject: Re: CD-ROM question
  5. Message-ID: <1992Jul26.213624.28123@ee.gatech.edu>
  6. Sender: news@ee.gatech.edu
  7. Organization: Computer Engineering Group, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA 30332-0250
  8. References: <1992Jul24.200942.9644@fnbc.com> <#VT-LGA@engin.umich.edu>
  9. Distribution: usa
  10. Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 21:36:24 GMT
  11. Lines: 23
  12.  
  13. In article <#VT-LGA@engin.umich.edu> wjabi@libra.arch.umich.edu writes:
  14. >In article <1992Jul24.200942.9644@fnbc.com> lemson@fnbc.com (David Lemson)  
  15. >writes:
  16. >>Or, you can always use your NeXT CD-ROM player as an audio player (it has  
  17. >>a headphone jack and can be controlled via software to play audio CD's)
  18. >Is there any difference in the sound quality/output??
  19.  
  20. Yes, CD-ROM players usually don't use as high-quality (read: expensive)
  21. DACs and other components that give good audio output.  After all, the
  22. play-cd feature is sortof an added bonus.
  23.  
  24. CD players with digital output would work too well because you need
  25. something to control random access of the read head, and unless I'm mistaken,
  26. there's a bodacious formatting difference between audio and data CDs.
  27.  
  28. --John
  29.  
  30. -- 
  31. ::  I came to Georgia Tech to become an engineer, and now I are one.         ::
  32. ::                                             --Possibly George P. Burdell  ::
  33. ::                                                                           ::
  34. ::                                                                           ::
  35. ::::::::  John B. Lockhart  ::::::::::::::  lockhart@eecom.gatech.edu  ::::::::
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