Do Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) add timing distortions to music?

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Posted by Jaundiced Ear on September 7, 2014 at 22:32:09

HDDs are mechanical devices. They have physically spinning platters and physically moving read/write heads.

I know regular turntables have "wow," or slow speed timing variations. Do hard drives have something analogous?

I know tape decks have "flutter," a high speed timing variation caused by friction between the tape and the tape heads. Could the vibration of the read/write head in an HDD cause something similar to this?

I have to admit all of my musical archives are on HDDs. Perhaps this is why I am unable to hear the things folks report here? What are the recommended HDD brands? Or should I instead move my music to Solid State Drives? In which case too, what are the recommend brands?

JE

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Topic - Do Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) add timing distortions to music? - Jaundiced Ear 22:32:09 09/07/14 (17)

Thanks for the replies, all! - Jaundiced Ear 17:37:44 09/08/14 (9)

RE: Thanks for the replies, all! - AbeCollins 12:07:43 09/10/14 (4)

So jittery bits... - Jaundiced Ear 18:00:19 09/10/14 (3)

RE: So jittery bits... - AbeCollins 18:34:12 09/10/14 (2)

RE: So jittery bits... - Jaundiced Ear 18:56:55 09/10/14 (1)

RE: So jittery bits... - b.l.zeebub 06:36:31 09/11/14 (0)

RE: Thanks for the replies, all! - Roseval 00:34:24 09/09/14 (1)

RE: Thanks for the replies, all! - Jaundiced Ear 19:06:16 09/09/14 (0)

RE: Thanks for the replies, all!-HDD PS - fmak 23:58:45 09/08/14 (1)

Thanks for the link! nt - Jaundiced Ear 18:58:08 09/09/14 (0)

So - fmak 15:02:02 09/08/14 (2)

Ir sounds reasonable to those who understand how computers work. - Tony Lauck 07:31:08 09/09/14 (1)

RE: Ir sounds reasonable to those who understand how computers work. - fmak 08:47:10 09/09/14 (0)

No - AbeCollins 14:34:01 09/08/14 (0)

RE: Do Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) add timing distortions to music? - Roseval 10:16:30 09/08/14 (0)

RE: Do Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) add timing distortions to music? - Presto 09:21:06 09/08/14 (0)

RE: Do Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) add timing distortions to music? - fmak 00:10:51 09/08/14 (0)

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