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This is probably a stupid question but I've heard more than one answer so I'm looking for the right one. If I burn a CD on my computer from one I bought at a store, is the musical quality exactly the same? If not, what causes the quality to be degraded?Also, if I buy music online (iTunes for instance) is the sound quality inferior? Why? If I want to use iTunes to store my CD's in case they get scratched (heaven forbid), what is the best way to do so without losing any quality in the sound?
One last thing, when it comes to higher quality audiophile CD's (not necessarily SACD or DVD-Audio), will a copy made on a computer be identical to the original?
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I learned that to improve the quality of the audio from the Ipod (especially if you are using it with upgraded headphones), you have to rip your CD's at a higher bitrate. I increased my itunes settings from the default of 128kbps to 192 kbps and the quality improved markedly. The songs will take a little more space in the ipod memory but it is worth it. I don't know much about computers but I assume these are then less compressed files.
I've only heard - and have on hand - 3 MP3's.
They are 320's, and over the computer speakers, sound startlingly good.
But...the file size of 10Mb is daunting.
Today's ripper and burners are good. You get a bit perfect copy. Wasn't always the case. The gold standard is to rip with EAC. Nero is the most popular software for burning. My only advice is not to try and burn at over 8x.
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TommyK
I copy at 4x and burn at 8x.
Always copy to the hard-drive, then burn to CD-Rom.
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I can tell you of what I know, and if there's other issues, let someone else add it. I'm not aware of a reason for more than this...A copy of a CD is just as good as a CD. They are not necessarily identical, which is a real can of worms, but they can be equal in producing the exact same set of 0s and 1s when all is said and done - end of story.
There can be alignment/jitter issues. Factory CDs that don't play on my mother's CD player? I burn copies on her PC, and her CD player plays those. Why? Alignment (or head jitter). Her CD player is a smidge away from not working at all.
A copy of a data disk is identical to the original. The same is true for music, aside from landmines such as the one mentioned above. When there are landmines, there will be problems reading a whole track or disc, or at the very least, audible "pops" caused by strings of lost frames in a real-time application. These problems are fixed by replacing the drive, or by finding a more optimal speed for burning (such as the drive's maximum speed). If it still happens, replace the drive. (Note: it is also possible to have problems with bad quality media. These will still appear as LANDMINES, and not "generally slightly degraded" or any such thing)
I haven't any familiarity with iTunes. Are they burnable? I googled, and came up with the text and link below...
Audio quality is usually a subjective issue. Some can tell the difference between MP3s and other formats encoded at a bit rate of about 128k. Others cannot. With good headphones or good quality speakers, AAC audio (your songs from the iTunes Music Store) is usually considered better quality than MP3s, or Windows WMA format, or Sony’s new ATRAC3 Walkman.
So, subjectivity comes into play when listening to music hijacked by Audio Hijack Pro. For me, it’s impossible to tell. It’s a bit for bit copy. That means this little $32 application can “steal” the music from iTunes, protected or not, and make recordings and copies on a CD with ease.
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resample the incoming material -or- strip the DRM coding from the material, but otherwise leave the material intact ?The linked article did provide an answer.
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Audio Hijack just records whatever your Mac is playing to a file. It never hits the analog domain, but it is exactly what is in the file. You then recompress the resulting AIFF file into MP3, AAC, FLAC, whatever you want. Keep in mind that recompressing an audio file that has already been compressed with lossy audio will further degrade the sound.There are programs for streaming MP3 files that record the actual MP3 bitstream straight to an MP3 file with no recompression. You end up with the exact file that the shoutcast server read in, bit for bit, even with most ID3 tags intact.
Might you be referring to StationRipper software? If not, what others are you aware of?
marc g. - audiophile by day, music lover by night
I have tried all different ways. They can only be played on iPod. I like iTunes because they have a lot of stuff I can't find elsewhere but the limitations to the tracks blows.
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I'm assuming you mean iTunes downloadable music, ie encrypted AAC files. You are allowed to burn a limited number of copies to audio CD, but you have to use the iTunes application to do the burning. There are utilities out there that remove the encryption, of course...
/*Music is subjective. Sound is not.*/
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