CD players on the go!
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Fisher's $219.95 PCD-60, Sanyo's $180 CDP-55, and Aiwa's $220 X-559 are three portable compact disc players that feature special digital circuitry to correct for playback errors produced by shocks and bumps. All three units performed well in lab and listening tests.
Publication Name: Audio
Subject: Music
ISSN: 0004-752X
Year: 1995
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Upside down sound: find out whether you can hear polarity inversion
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Recorded sound that has its polarity inverted reverses the asymmetry of the waveform and its envelope. Step-by-step instructions for building polarity switches for earphones and loudspeakers and for detecting polarity reversal are presented.
Publication Name: Audio
Subject: Music
ISSN: 0004-752X
Year: 1996
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DVD hits the hurdles
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Packing and pricing are some of the obstacles that the digital video disc (DVD) will have to surmount before being released into the mass market. Some observers believe that copyright laws may further delay the release of DVDs till 1997.
Publication Name: Audio
Subject: Music
ISSN: 0004-752X
Year: 1996
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