"Jim H" wrote in message
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On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 22:27:18 -0000, RJH
wrote:

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.

They're not, funnily enough. Well, they may well be identical but they
sound different.

Then surely they are not identical?

Well, some would argue that something with identical physical properties
within the bounds of measurement as something else *is* identical(IYSWIM!).
I'm saying this may well be a bit perfect copy, but it sounds different by
virtue of the glitch.

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.
According
to the many reviews I read before buying, the NAD is pretty good. This
is
the reason given to me by the NAD people:
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Sorry there is no cure for the problem, and it is normal on the C660 as
with
many other makes and models I am told.

The Bit copy is making a perfect duplicate - it is the track information
that is causing the "Glitch" to appear in the copy.
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Sounds very much like a design fault to me. No (non broken) £40 PC drive
would do this.
A perfect copy should include a perfect copy of the track information as
well as the music.

I agree. But I do remember having similar problems with cd copying - took 4
goes to get dsom right ...

Rob
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