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192.0. "Sony Digital Audio Club" by BABEL::LIONEL () Mon Oct 07 1985 23:19

Many of you have probably seen ads for the "Sony Digital Audio Club"
(or something like that) in the magazines.  The ads say for $15 you
get a "digitally recorded CD", a poster, and offers of discounts on
merchandise.  Well, I sent my $15 back in July and, lo and behold, on
my doorstep today (three months later - forget "6-8 weeks") is a
package from Sony.  Let's see what's inside:

	A nice jazz sampler CD, digitally recorded and definitely
	NOT compressed.  Sounds wonderful, though jazz isn't my taste.

	Reprints from Audio and Stereo Review on the D-5, CDX-R7,
	and a (very) technical article on error correction in CDs.

	A small glossy brochure on the D-5 (not interesting, I already
	HAVE a D-5!), and a large one on the CDX-R7.

	A reprinted item from Stereo Review on "Answers to your Compact
	Disc Questions" (one of the better such I have seen)

	And, finally, a "notice" that the "Sony Book of Digital Audio
	Technology" is being reprinted and will be shipped separately.
	The article on error correction above shows this book - hefty
	looking.

No poster (small loss), no info on discounts, no word on what else I supposedly
get for joining.  We shall see.  (Now if only my Dr. Demento T-shirts,
also ordered in July, would show up...)

					Steve

How is the book?  Does it provide more information than Stereo Review?

I concur with .1

I joined the club one year ago and also received two posters, the disc,
the book, etc.

Actually I found the book to have little information on the CD.  It's 
mostly information on the generic digital audio (PCM, etc)

My intro kit promised newsletters at least four times a year, but so far
zip!

Rich G.