I've got a related question --

DVDs on my brand new combo DVD & VHS player occasionally play a crackling sound superimposed on the soundtrack. The first time it happened I thought it was because it was a borrowed DVD from a household with a four-year-old, but the disc plays fine on their player. And I tried a next-to-brand-new DVD from my sister in it and got the same crackling noise. Other discs, both new and used, are fine. The disc plays fine on another player.

This is a very related question because the other day I put a brand new commercially recorded CD into the unit to listen to it and got the crackling noise, too. The CD sounds fine on my other CD players.

What gives?

Linn