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Originally Posted by gtc
I don't understand that table. How can the sound scores vary if all the wav files were found to be identical (as stated in the footnote)?
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I just glanced at that table this morning, and I agree, it leaves a lot of unanswered questions
. Don't get me started on MP3...I won't go there
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Originally Posted by RWebb
PX-LB950UE
if the stream of bits is right, it's right -- is your idea that this reader/drive requires less error correction and that the correction does not accurately reconstitute the data stream, merely approximate it
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If that is directed at me, yes Plextors are better, but not bulletproof either. You simply have no way of knowing if a bit stream is accurate (detecting, much less correcting) on an audio format cd...the capability simply isn't built in due to the redbook format of an audio cd. Bit errors can be introduced by inaccuracy on the read due to lower quality optics, smudges on the laser, smudges on the disc, dust on the laser/disc, etc. or can also be introduced during the transmission of the bit stream over the data bus, or any digital transmission for that matter. That's absolutely an issue in the real world, and why data formats, TCP/IP packets, etc. use algorithms (CRC, checksum, et al) to detect and correct those bit errors. Audio cds were designed without the appropriate headers which allow one to cram a few more minutes of music on a disc. For purists...if at all possible, an audio cd is always the last in the chain and not used as a source if possible. When one must have absolute bit-for-bit accuracy on an audio formated cd, EAC accomplishes this by reading the disc multiple times (sample size is a user setting), and compares the bit streams. I too would question the above table that Ian provided (knowing what I know) without asking more about how the benchmarks were performed. Again...I've gone "geeky" the average user simply won't know and doesn't give a "rip" (pun intended)
. Hope this helps...
edited: I see Ian responded while I was typing, and I always removed the seeds on those old double albums before playing