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Re: Data is data at this stage

When you rip a CD to a hard drive, you're simply moving data from one point to another. In fact, many ripping programs (EAC, CD Paranoia) will take multiple passes at any data segment that it has a hard time reading on the first pass of the CD. That alone would count as a major burp in the smooth, uniform flow of data, yet that process actually improves the chances for good sounding results.

At this stage of the game, a bit of data is just a bit of data; there is no "quality" to be added or subtracted. If vibration control were a critical issue, it'd be a factor in the installation of data software which needs it's millions of lines of code to be bit-perfect.

I'd focus on the DA conversion issues and downstream from that point.


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