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In Reply to: Your comments suggesting bits are bits are stale. posted by Norm on September 4, 2011 at 09:23:19:
"I don't have access to software to assess accuracy, but I have heard multiple instances of particular discs when ripped better drives or better software sounding much superior. I know you will say I am smoking something but it must be mass hysteria as I have often demonstrated this repeatedly and the authors' of the software and of the Empirical Audio system rightfully proclaim this."
It is possible to examine the rips and see if they are the same. This is the first point in any process of improving the sound quality of one's rips. Trying to evaluate why sound quality differs without using tools to do this is like looking for a lost object in a pitch black room without using a light.
Note: if you use different software for doing rips then the files created are very likely to be different. Whether the differences will matter or not will depend, among other things, on the software used to play them back.
Note: If you use the same software and rip a disk on two different drives then the files created are very likely to be identical if the disk was in good condition and if the ripping software for both drives has been correctly calibrated as to offset error. Low quality ripping software, such as iTunes provides no way to adjust offset errors and hence it is likely that using this software will produce drive dependent results. Poor results are due to using crappy software, not a crappy drive for the actual rip.
Note: If you use the same software and rip a disk on two different drives it may make a difference if the disk is in poor condition, as some drives do a better job of reading certain defects (scratches, pit rot, etc.) than others. If you use decent software you will get an error report and if there were errors then you can try using a different drive. Often one drive will be better than another at reading most damaged disks, but this will not always be consistent and other disks may work better with a different drive. Again, junk ripping software such as iTunes will not tell you about most problems while ripping and the result may be inferior sounding rips with some drives. This is the fault of crappy ripping software.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
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Follow Ups
- There is no need for "audiphile approved" drives to do rips. - Tony Lauck 09:55:07 09/04/11 (1)
- Exactly my point. (NT) - Stale 11:24:10 09/04/11 (0)
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