[linux-audio-user] No CD audio!

[Daniel James]

> It can dramatically improve the sound quality you hear as you don't have
> an ad/da conversion.

That's the theory. Isn't an analogue CD input on a soundcard just routed 
directly to the soundcard hardware mixer though? Hence the need for its own 
fader in the software mixer?

In my case any improvement was negated by the extra noise from the drive as it 
span at maximum speed - 16x DVD or whatever. I guess you could regulate the 
max speed in software if you wanted to go down this route.  

Cheers

Daniel