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That is what we've been saying all along. Thanks for the physical
proof.
"Churchill, Guy" wrote:
>
> Co-ax v's Optical.
>
> You are probably tied of the old co-ax v's optical digital debate,
> but hopefully this will help settle the question. During another
> experiment I was conducting (details to be released soon) I thought
> it would be interesting to record from my Marantz CD-63se both
> optical and co-ax digital streams. This went into a digital Multiwave
> soundcard (with both optical and co-ax inputs) and recorded with Sound
> Forge at 44khz /16 bit. The resulting files were saved as wav files
> without summary data.
>
> The result.
>
> Both files are identical ! ... bit for bit identical. All the
> stats run with Sound Forge are the same, each had the same amount
> of samples, same freq response, using the "fc /b" DOS command
> not one difference was detected.
>
> The ONLY conclusion I can reach is that with my CD player and this
> recording equipment, optical and co-ax digital are exactly the same.
>
> For reference the equip used was:
>
> Marantz CD63se
> Pentium PC
> AdB Multiwave Pro24 Digital Soundcard
>
> I don't know any other way to compare the two files, so I'm happy
> to say that Optical and Co-ax in equipment that is "higher end"
> $500+USD is identical. I can't say this is the same for *all*
> CD players and yes the result can be duplicated.
>
> I'll be happy to provide the resulting files if someone has the
> web-space available.
>
> Regards GC
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