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In Reply to: RE: Damping CD Laser-Reader /Track more rewarding than CD treatments posted by 13th Duke of Wymbourne on July 23, 2020 at 23:44:21
You might be surprised, 13DoW. Back in the late 1990s, when CD burners tended to be external, I tried several different Hospital Grade power cords on an external CD burner with an IEC inlet, and each Red Book CD burned with the same program material sounded distinctly different, for better or worse.
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Duster,
I concur. The relationship between the same IDENTICAL zeroes/ones in the bits/bytes from the recorded music is inevitably degraded by the processing journey from the digital source through capture to storage and play.
Exposure to component electrical wiring and jitter processing issues disrupt their precise timing relationship and other forms of corruption degrade their reproduction for musical definition, detail, and tone. That said, after subtly damping the laser-reader and track, listening to RCA Victor's 1992 Red Seal DDD recording of Janos Starker playing Bach's Suites for Solo Cello transports me back 38 years right to the center of the live music as though present at The American Academy of Arts and Letters, NYC, during the June performances recorded by Tom Lazarus.
Dry Ginger
I am a little surprised as you this is something with a quantifiable aspect rather than being purely experiential. Do you still have those discs or the equipment to replicate the effect? A good experiment would be to burn discs with different burner power cords then rip those discs back and compare them to the original data. If the data is different then you are on to something. If the data is not changed then, IMHO, the burden of proof falls on you to prove you're not deluded.
Regards,
13DoW
Sound Forge allows you to look at the file sample by sample.
If there is a difference you will see it. Period.
I get that audio is subjective but this is objective. Period.
Did I say "period" enough?
Tre'
Have Fun and Enjoy the Music
"Still Working the Problem"
you do understand that any adopted placebo effect is priceless correct?
regards,
Why yes, yes I do.
Expectation bias is real and needs to be fought tooth and nail if truth is the goal.
Beyond that, we humans are so easily fooled when it comes to your senses.
Tre'
Have Fun and Enjoy the Music
"Still Working the Problem"
just look at the effect of decimals in advertising
would you rather pay $19.99 or $20.00?
just kidding, that's done for the repetitive 'n' sound
primitive repetition ...
which catches the ear by appealing to early childhood language development
regards,
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