DennyL - there are several threads on this kicking around. However, one of the things to bear in mind is that you can assume your CD (or DVD) Rom drive is doing a good job on Red Book but really you need to KNOW if it is or not. Red Book read errors requiring correction or interpolation may be non-existant on some discs and widespread on others. Some errors give rise to audible problems (usually some type of repetitive "clicking" or "ticking" noise). Yellow Book is intolerant of non-recoverable errors because in computing "every Bit counts" whereas in music you could make a case that this is not so important. I agree that nobody is going to notice the odd bit in a million...
Using EAC or whatever you get some reassurance that Data Access is OK or not - it's not subjective. I would argue that using EAC to rip a CD is not following strict Red Book protocol. AFAIK only proper CD Players do that. Red Book error correction is more problematic for normal CD players because (usually) they only get one bite of each cherry (sector) and therefore on average they have to make more use of their correction mechanisms in order to keep the music coming. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X with Good Vibrations S/W - MF X-DAC V3/X-PSU/X-10 buffer (Audiocomm full mods)- Linn 5103 - Linn Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber & Chord cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42435 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
