Copies Better Than Originals?


...Anyone with experience or knowledge about serious claims that the Pioneer CDR W739 (or 839) produces recorded copies which are of better quality than the originals? If so, how is it accomplished?
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Showing 2 responses by nrchy

It is impossible for any copy to be better than the original. If a copy is made from the original it is possible for it to be close to the original but not better.

For something to be better is has to either have more of the right information, or less of the wrong information. It is possible to alter the sound of a recording. It is not possible for the home audio enthusiest to be able to choose the tonal ranges to fix, and which ones to leave alone. The simplest example of this is Dolby noise reduction, but this alters the sound of the entire recording.

Besides the sampling rate of digital recordings is still too low to even make recordings that are as good as the originals, much less better than the original!
http://www.genesisloudspeakers.com/whitepaper/Black_CDsII.pdf is the source of this most recent question.
I have read through the paper and still don't find any expanation for the theory.

I doubt that Arnie Nudal and his reps are making things up, but I'd like a little more insight before jumping to any conclusion.

Nobody I know has done this and I don't have the equipment required. Any experience here on AudiogoN???