[sacriste]

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Originally posted by Hirsch In digitizing from CD, the timing information is stripped. If the CD was poorly made, the reclocking (and absence of error correction) done by ripping to mp3 could possibly make up for the sound loss due to the sampling. I have no idea if this is so, but in theory it is possible.

I second this. Maybe you are eliminating the famous jitter distortion. Actually, I found some of my CDR copies better than the original ones and even more with CDRW, dont ask me why.

 

[Squalish]

Another option, not pertaining to the original post, but to computer-based DBTs: It could be that the original encoding program pulled information through the digital IDE or SPDIF jacks on the CDROM, while the CD-playing program is pulling information through the analog CD audio jack on the CDROM, therefore using the CDROM's crappy 8-12 bit DAC.

 

[pikawel]

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Originally posted by Squalish Another option, not pertaining to the original post, but to computer-based DBTs: It could be that the original encoding program pulled information through the digital IDE or SPDIF jacks on the CDROM, while the CD-playing program is pulling information through the analog CD audio jack on the CDROM, therefore using the CDROM's crappy 8-12 bit DAC.

Do any of you guys still connect that audio cable between the CDROM drive and the soundcard?

 

[Squalish]

No

 

[D-EJ915]

huh, I do...lol, on my one drive, stuck it in, and it won't come out! (anyway...), it's just insurance if your computer craps out and you want cd-audio from an old OS