New Transport Approach


With never-ending advances in technology and tumbling prices, I wonder if any high-end audio CD player manufacturer is considering an approach such as this - populate the player with 700 megabytes of RAM and pre-read the whole CD into RAM. We know this is completely reliable (or else our beloved MS Office wouldn't work). Then the whole transport system could be shut down, eliminating any concerns about mechanical or electrical noise, and the "CD" could be played back straight from RAM through the DAC. It would seem like this would reduce or eliminate jitter completely. There would be an "initialization" time penalty, but I would think for the high-end market, that wouldn't be a huge deal. Any thoughts? -Kirk
kthomas

Showing 1 response by dan2112

This is a great idea and I am all for it!! Heck I'll even help write the software if I have time. However what about encrypted CDs and anti-piracy concerns? In the not distant future I think we can assume the RIAA will force us all to listen to encrypted CDs. There are CDs on the market today that are already watermarked. :-(

- Dan