darrenyeats;317047 Wrote: > 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
There are some discs with flawed copy protection schemas that need many many sector re-reads to get the data off acurately... For example, I have The Beatles Let it Be Naked that takes 2 hours to rip with EAC and the disc is in physically mint condition! -- 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=49492 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
