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Does a cheap cd transport create poor digital copies?

I want to load some CDs onto the hard drive of a music server via a USB port. I have a quality USB cable, but I’m wondering if using a standard issue external CD drive ($50 type thing) as a transport will imbed the common cheap player problems onto the stored music (jitter, etc.)...or does it simply create a digital copy of the original onto the player?

I’m not going to run out and buy a transport as my CD collection is limited, but I am curious about this and maybe it will help others. Anyone know the technical facts or have an opinion?



glow_worm

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glow_worm OP
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I’ve used EAC in the past and agree it works well. 

My Sony z1es has cd import software, and has a error check option that takes about 4x longer. So this does answer my question, I’ll just  import directly to the hard drive via USB from the external disc drive, and this should create an exact dupe. 

Thanks for the assist, much appreciated. 
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