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I remember about 2 years ago John Atkinson predicted in Stereophile that with the quick adaptation of hard disk drivers in the consumer electronics, the expensive CD/DVD transports will soon yield to the combo of cheap CD/DVD ROM combined with a hard disk driver. Cheap CD/DVD ROMs can rip data perfectly from the media into the HD, which can then send out digital signal with less jitter than most if not all CD/DVD transports.It seems like such a good idea and projection. However 2 years later, I have yet to see it being applied to anything other than video recorders. Is there any limitation that prevent manufacturers from using ROM/HD combination in the CD/DVD player market?
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JA may have made this prediction 2 years ago but it took us over 3 years to develop such a product and the matching DAC. Ripping data perfectly from CD to hard-drives is not a given and considerable research was required to design the right proprietary software and select the best drive for the task. Also, it would seem that the design criteria to be considered when designing a high-end CD transport are pretty much the same when designing a hard-drive transport like ours.So, to answer your question, making a ROM/HD audio transport is possible but not necessarily easy, if your desired outcome is good sound quality. If you would like to discuss this further, please feel free to contact me: a.heng@zerooneaudio.com
Alvin Heng
www.zerooneaudio.com
i beleive cambridge audio is coming out with or already has such a unit out. I also think mac has one as well but its obviously more expensive. Id love to find an affordable one with good quality dacs as it would be nice to get rid of all those discs lying around.....
you know, it really depends on the CD. I have quite a few brand new disks a ripper (EAC) has to re-read some spot(s) a few times till it gets satisfactory readings. So moving the data from the CD media to hard drive isn't necessarily that quick so to be a transparent. It may anywhere from a couple of minutes (the best case scenario) to 5-10 minutes to yet longer.For some reason, Errato (french classical label) is the one I'm having most of the problems when ripping.
There are CD players that use CD/DVD ROM drives and buffer the data into large memory (instead of mechanical hard disk) to minimze jitter. See the new Cary 303/300.http://mycollins.net/audio/Cary303-300/carywp.html
http://mycollins.net/audio/Cary303-300/
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