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> But what the accuracy of the data comes down to is that whilst the error
> correction my cause the errors on the discs, etc to be unnoticable, it is
> still ony the machine's best guess as to what should be there, so it isn't
> exactly what the original should sound like. It may only be the difference
> that a fanatic audiophile or experienced engineer may notice but it is still
> there.
Wrong,
as long as the Block Error Rate stays bellow 220 errors a second (Thanks Eric
Woudenberg for the correction ;-) ), the ATRAC-DSP will be able to recon-
struct the data as it was. Ie, There will be absolutely no difference. (Don't
compare MD with CD. The error correction system in a CD-player is bassed on
guessing, the error-correction system in a MD-player is based on storing
extra data that makes it possible to reconstruct excactly the original
signal! This is where MD is far superior).
A fanatic audiophile... The WANT to hear a difference. And they BELIEVE
there is a diffence. They don't listen to music, but they listen to their
AD converters, speakers etcetera. It's a religion for them.
I and many other listen to music. We enjoye the music made by other persons,
or sometimes the music that we played ourselve. And whether the music
is played on some low-end device or on a high-end device that doesn't
really mather. Well... it does mather, but we aren't listening to the
device. We listen to music, something created by an artist!
Cheers,
Ralph -> going back to his roots.....
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