What;'s up with "jitter" on pressed music CDs?

Hi all,

I was wondering if I could get some authoratiative answers to the following question:

Does sloppy manufacturing of a music CD result in degraded sound quality due to "jitter".

Much internet chatter from respected sources says that it does. See for example: Roger Nichol's story

Favorite Jazz Christmas Music?

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Though not traditional, I find the jazz interpretations a nice break from the classical oriented. Jim mentioned listening to the Kenny G christmas album (in another thread) and noted this IS some pretty music, and I concur.

My favorite would be "Peter White - Songs Of The Season" another "pretty music" and immensly enjoyable holiday album. Very well recorded and of course Peter's rich full bodied acoustic guitar. Some samples can be heard here.

Don't Do It Alone

Don't Do It Alone

I don't know how this works &#151; I'm guessing it's just some sort of the usual, run-of-the-mill collective (un)conscious pinging internet magic &#151; but if you take a look at the bottom of any one of the pages on the <i>Stereophile</i> website, you'll find a list of "Sponsored Links," seemingly appropriate to the page itself.

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