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Originally Posted by Christien
...You can rip a cd to wav or aif and have exactly the same data structure that was on the cd, bit for bit.
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How do you do (know) that? Loaded question, as I know how, but it's not easily done and even I don't do it "right"...too time consuming. To get to the point, there are no checksums, CRC, etc. on the redbook format for an audio cd, so there is simply NO way to guarantee an accurate bit-for-bit copy on a single play/copy. An audio format just is NOT the same as a data format. Bottom line...always keep music in raw data format .wav (aif), or a true lossless compression format like FLAC or SHN if you want to be "audio geeky" about it.