Oyvind Hammer wrote on Fri, 13-Jun-2003: > > > I guess the process of copying audio and data from CD > > > doesn't introduce any opportunity to compromise the > > > sonic quality of the source. Am I right or wrong? > > > > According to one guy, you're wrong. > > Hm. Of course things can go wrong in a digital > transfer, but they are not supposed to. It's rare, > luckily, otherwise we would have even more trouble > than we do when we store computer files on CDR. > Remember that only a single bit error in a software > on CD will probably make your computer crash. How > often does that happen? (OK, sometimes it does!) > > > 'Exact Audio Copy' > > Snake oil. :-) > Of course it's a good thing that it tells you if > you have a serious dropout on your CD - that does > happen. I'm sure it's a fine program. The redbook audio cd format is significantly different than a data CD. Extraction is not as straightforward as you would think: http://www.emedialive.com/EM1999/starrett7.html jlc
