On Thursday, April 4, 2002, at 12:55 AM, mo zambique wrote:

> for all of you who repsonded saying that that conversion doesnt result 
> in sound quality, it does. i have done it. shn is a lossless format, 
> not wav.  so please try it for yourself. next shn you get, save the 
> md5s, convert to wav and burn to cd. then rip from that cd back to the 
> hd. once those wav files are on the hd convert to shn. see if those 
> shns check out with the earlier md5s. when i did it, about 30% of each 
> disc failed. im sure that percentage will vary with level of knowledge 
> and software, but ... well try it for yourself. please do so before you 
> befoul my mail box
> fare thee well
> jer

First let me say that I didn't mean to offend in my last email, even if 
what I said was condescending.  Apologies.

You are absolutely right, of course.  DAE is a tricky thing.  It can be 
done perfectly under optimal circumstances.  But there are few people 
who use a great cd reader, great disks, EAC, and who know how to 
properly set offsets.

It is possible to do DAE perfectly, but most of the time it isn't done 
perfectly.
If using EAC and good disks, but an improper offset, that could mean a 
microsecond of extra zeroes (enough to make the md5s fail).  But it 
could also mean a bad extraction and missing data.

Best bet:  archive your shns.  Extract carefully and only when 
necessary.  And above all:

Make sure your text files reflect any EAC or DAE (Digital Audio 
Extraction) that is done to the music.

Peace,
Jeff

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