drmatt wrote: 
> Redbook can't be treated like a hard drive though. Yes almost every rip
> should be identical, even on a cheap drive, but when you get into
> re-read territory it's a bit hit and miss because there is no such thing
> as a sector-accurate seek on Redbook.
> 
> Most rippers are good enough to deal with this these days by over
> reading and realigning the data they received from the drive.

Indeed. And if you use the additional step of accurip verification, you
know the read was successful.

> But why all the anger people?

I think Arny stated it pretty clearly:

arnyk wrote: 
> I can't believe the ignorant BS that certain golden ears are spewing
> here just lately.

One could argue it is harmless - but I would disagree. Acceptance of all
the BS, foo and pseudoscience is why we have to deal with a world where
people can't tell true from false any more.

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fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt
edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953
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