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Miniaturised state introduces new poor quality of sound reproduction (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tinniness

'poor quality of sound reproduction' is the definition.

'miniaturised state introduces new' is the wordplay.
'miniaturised state' becomes 'tininess' (the state of being miniature).
'introduces' indicates putting letters inside.
'new' becomes 'n'.
'tininess' enclosing 'n' is 'TINNINESS'.

(Another definition for tinniness that I've seen is " shoddy".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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