[X4U] importing audio CD as AIFF

[Alex]

On Apr 28, 2005, at 12:30, Michael Winter wrote:

> On Apr 28, 2005, at 12:16 AM, Alex wrote:
>
>>> or is there any kind of process that happens going from an Audio CD 
>>> to AIFF where it would experience any degradation  ?
>>
>> Theoretically, no. In practice, it depends. Copying audio from an 
>> audio CD is not a "simple" matter of just copying bits from one 
>> medium to another. There may appear defects, ranging from small ones, 
>> which most people don't notice, to very audible clicks caused by 
>> imperfections on the disc surface.
>
> I've never quite been convinced of this. Where I have the problem is 
> that data CD's work day-in and day-out making perfect copies of the 
> bits, but for an audio CD this somehow stops working?

Oh boy, isn't this déjà vu all over again. It must be something like 10 
years since the first CD ripper appeared on the Mac (I think it was Bo 
Lindbergh's Track Thief), yet this kind of statement is always bound to 
pop when whenever ripping is discussed.

I suggest

<http://xiph.org/paranoia/faq.html#play>.

I also suggest careful perusal of

<http://www.cdrfaq.org/>,

specifically sections 3-2, 2-15, 2-17, and 2-20.


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