Yeah you are right about the recordings. The 508.24 is very revealing of poor recordings and poorly stamped discs. I have 4 Eva Cassidy Cds and 3 of them continously skips. At first I thought there was something wrong with the player and had it checked out but there was nothing wrong. I had the laser replaced by Meridian and yet it still skips on these Cds. Other Cds no problems