13 Jun
2003
13 Jun
'03
5:01 p.m.
Oyvind Hammer wrote on Fri, 13-Jun-2003:
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!)
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
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. '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.