jazzy_dave | Tuesday Thoughts (Reply)

Damn it! The CD/DVD external ROM drive finally gave up the ghost. It started to sound like a mower in the garden. Then some plastic bits around the spindle that holds the DVD or Cd in place broke apart. Totally useless now.

So I am in a quandary. Do I buy another cheap external CD/DVD ROM drive or upgrade to a Blu Ray one but I have only two movies on that format and they have a DVD as well included - or do I upgrade my Duronic CD player which was a gift from my bro

coming42.

It is a fine good player, EXCEPT for one irritating problem and that is to do with CD indexing. Now it is not a problem if the tracks are separate with said indexes. But some classical and jazz CDs may have a suite or symphony or concerto which is continuous but has been indexed on the CD. The damn machine leaves a two-second gap of silence even if the music is continuous and it is damn noticeable. I do not have this problem with a cheap twenty quid CD/DVD external ROM drive.

I do know, that before lockdown, the mini hi-fi system they have in the lounge/community room will play indexed contiguous music without a problem. It is a Denon and that is what I really wanted in the first place.

So, when it is the first Monday of the new year I am going to make a decision. I will have been paid by the UC people, then and I might take a small amount from the pension because ideally, the Denon is a far better option. I am certain any model in their range will be better at knowing when the music is continuous and indexed do not leave that annoying gap.

Meanwhile, I discovered some old speakers I had which I added to the ones from the CD unit and doubled my sound output. In other words, it can be louder without distortion.

But then If I do want to play any of my existing DVD's do I get a CD/DVD ROM drive or one of these portable DVD players that Ewart has.