And there is more tosh. I found this just glancing at the text: "But just like the "perfect sound forever" business, RS-ECC, according to Mark, falls short of perfection. And, he goes on, because RS-ECC is not perfect, it is at the top of the list of reasons why the quality of CD sound is constantly being called into question. The basic problem, he claims, is that in many cases RS-ECC creates uncorrelated bits of data when it finds missing bits that cannot be derived from the existing or redundant data. Mark insists that it is this uncorrelated data that come across as a layer of irritating sounds during normal CD playback. We are talking here about a subtle, almost subliminal, synthetic veiling of the sound. While not something overt, it is a tenuous, drone-like contamination always prevailing in the background. It gets to some people more than others, but it is always there."
First: RS-ECC does not introduce arbitrary bits. It either corrects or it doesn't correct any errors. Secondly: Uncorrectable errors are very rare, so it is impossible that entire CDs can be "veiled" (that word again) by such errors. It is all just marketing speak to lure in non-technical audiophiles. Snake oil. -- P Floding ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31595 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
