2. tech-talk
  3. 1186235985

I'm not dreaming - these are great CD copies

I have an out of town friend who's given me some CD-Rs that he's made by simply copying music off of red book CDs. The music quality is extremely good - better than I'm used to hearing from my red book CDs. He's not an audiophile and has no idea what format is being utilized e.g. Lossless, etc.
Question - Can you really improve the quality of music from a red book CD by simply copying to some other format? If so, I'm boxing up all 300 of my CDs and asking my friend to copy make copies for me.
rockyboy

Showing 2 responses by nonoise

nonoise's avatar
nonoise
11,194 posts
 
From what I could gather on the 'ol interwebs, CDRs from Taiyo Yuden (sold as Fujifilm as well) and Vertabim are best for making copies but they are expensive. All other brands will tend to sound the same as a CD.

All the best,
Nonoise
nonoise's avatar
nonoise
11,194 posts
 
There is a review (that I can't locate) that explained how a laser reads the physical pits and grooves of a CD. It's being done in an analog fashion ( a mechanical process) which then had to be processed into the digital domain. 

With the laser just reading a painted pit and groove, there is less chance of error. Physical pits and grooves aren't as well done as they should be when stamped. A painted one can be very precise, comparatively.

All the best,
Nonoise
More to discover