Whatever the failings of red book good rippers have it nailed. In short, rubbish CD drives can get bit-perfect rips with cdparanoia or similar rippers.
The drive offset has nothing to do with SQ at all. It might affect micro-seconds in terms of when a track starts, I don't stress about it myself. IME the only time you don't get perfect rips (and then only sometimes) is with scratched discs. This is IME true no matter what the computer or drive including DVD drives. A good clean disc = perfect rip according to the many checks I've made (using cksum on Unix to compare bit-level content - the drive offset must be right for such tests of course). EAC and the like might be useful if you've got somewhat scratched discs. I don't have much experience of the iTunes ripper, I'm just letting you know what happens with a decent ripper. Darren -- darrenyeats SB3 / Inguz -> Krell KAV-300i (pre bypass) -> PMC AB-1 Dell laptop -> JVC UX-C30 mini system ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49492 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
