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i have found...

Posted by analog guy (A) on May 2, 2007 at 16:15:19

In Reply to: Re: scratched discs posted by John Elison on May 2, 2007 at 16:01:05:

that CDs sometimes contain errors -- even ones that can be corrected. this is no big revelation.

however, if one uses software such as EAC to copy the CD more carefully such that errors are fixed on a new CD-R (or stored in another format on an HD), then the CD can sound better.

my only guess as to why this can occur is that while a CDP *can* correct some/most/all of these errors, it has to do so on the fly and playback can be degraded in some way -- even before you start hearing dropouts/gaps.

i do think "bits are bits", but giving an audio copy program all the time it needs to make an accurate copy (and it does take a long time, sometimes to read & re-read the original) then makes the CDP's job easier.

not 100% sure why, but it does sound better. (Then qagain, i get better sound with playback from HD than CDP (and high-quality CDPs at that)--presumably because the HD is a more accurate device for reading information than a spinning CD. (yes, i know that a HD is a spinning disc.... :))

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