In article , RJH
wrote:

"Chris Isbell" wrote in message
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On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 18:08:17 -0000, "Gary B"
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So - I assume its because it produces copies that sound much better
than what I produce using my £40 cd burner at present? - or am I
missing something? Advice appreciated

It's digital! Unless there is a fault or incompatibility all copies
will be identical to the original regardless of the price of the
duplicating equipment.


-- Chris Isbell Southampton UK

They're not, funnily enough. Well, they may well be identical but they
sound different. I have a NAD 660 and the copies often vary in length
(only a couple of seconds), and every so often there's a glitch between
continuous tracks (such as live albums, DSOM etc) when using the direct
dub.

I have a Pioneer Audio CDR/W recorder. I use it mostly for recording
concerts from BBC R3 and for transferring my old tapes, etc, onto CDR.

However when I first had it I did some experiments, making some digital
copies via S/PDIF from another transport (Meridian 263). When I listen I
can't tell the difference[1]. When I load the results onto my computer and
do a sample-for-sample comparison, they come out identical.

I don't seem to have encountered the 'glitch' problem you describe. However
this may be a mis-feature of some recorders, I suppose. Perhaps akin to
'track at once' as opposed to 'disc at once' recording.

[1] Some brands of CDR do not play reliably on my old Meridian transport,
and these can then sound different. However in these cases the copy sounded
just like the orginal if played on the recorder as a transport, and using
the meridan DAC for the output.

Slainte,

Jim

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