CD Player Problem

[Paul Stanley]

Well...for some odd reason lately, when i play music Cds..they sound scratchy/etc. with any CD, tried it on my stereo and perfect.on my pc scratchy..any of you know what might cause this? thanks

[Guest Razor Roman]

I only have 2 guesses...

 

if the CD Rom is kind of old, maybe the lens is dirty? Try CD lens cleaner.

 

or, check the options of whatever media player you are using, and turn off "digital playback" if it is turned on. It digitizes the audio before it plays it, and it uses the processor a lot and it always generally annoys me. If you just use analog mode, it plays using the internal CD hardware with no processor overhead. Also sounds clearer, at least to me it usually does.

[Guest DrTom]

If they're new CDs, it might be the annoying copy protection that's designed to make it "impossible" to burn the CD. Basically, record companies insert a bunch of garbage into the tracks that only PC CD drives are supposed to detect. A few home stereos have also had problems with this copy protection. Basically, the record industry is selling defective CDs in the futile hopes of stopping piracy.