On 5/8/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I would have said that the same was true in the other direction - everything >is digital, after all. Not entirely true. Converting to digital can add distortion if the signal level are too high and the A-D conversion starts to clip. There are also signal adjustments that are part of the process, like equalization. You can also have audio compression.
True. I should have been clearer. 1. I know that when EAC creates a WAV file from a CD, it is just copying the bits. And, it can verify that the bits it read are the right ones - as you mentioned already. So far, I am at least 99% sure that this step introduced no changes whatsoever. 2. Using Nero to burn the WAV files to a new CD. Nero could introduce changes here, like signal adjustments Tom mentioned. Maybe they are at different volume levels and Nero automatically did some volume adjustments, for example. If anything happened to the quality, it would be during the burning process. I am not sure if you can tell Nero to copy the bits and do nothing else, but that might be worth investigating. 3. As far as Tom's question as to "lower quality". I should have asked if the person was listening to the same track on each CD with the same equipment at the same general time. Nothing else would justify any claim to hearing a difference, IMHO. -- John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
