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| Burned CDs can sound better than the original? Remember, if you can't hear the difference, don't pay it (-Peter McWilliams). I have an extremely accurate system and am fortunate that I can compare SACD playback and air-bearing turntable front-ends in my system to my CD chain. In response to an... | |
| Burned CDs can sound better than the original? Regarding item #2 of my previous post - regarding imperfect pit spiral/alignment on factory CDs. Note: this covers either the case where the hole of the plactic cd is off-center, though the spiral is perfect, or the case where the cd is centered c... | |
| Burned CDs can sound better than the original? More on CD burning:It seems that most of us want two functions:1. Transfer of music LP, etc to the CD medium - we dream about high quality copies. Stereo component player/burners seem to do this the best.2. CD to CD copying - compilations, or just... | |
| Burned CDs can sound better than the original? Hi Bluesman - Nero Burning ROM is a software package - I think, the best consumer level ($50.00 or so) out there. The company that makes it is called "Ahead". Can be found - and downloaded from the WEB. See their site for compatibility. The "Audio... | |
| Burned CDs can sound better than the original? In my system - absolutely yes - but read on (I find it's mostly a mechanical thing (jitter and pit burning): It's not about compression or anything "added" in the process. More like a stripping out and re-aligning kind of thing. And, if a cd is we... | |
| Pet Stories Great stories. I adopted two cats < 1 yr old from a friend moving out of town. Found an herbal spray product called "No-Scratch" (there's also a dog formula) and sprayed furniture, speaker grills, etc. Cats sometimes begin scratching new found,... | |
| New BMI Whale Elite Power Cord Update to my previous post -GregDavisHello All - After purchasing two more Whale Elite PC's for my VTL amps, I have to say I'm even further impressed by these well made power cords. Out came my old Marigo PC's - very respectable - and in went the ... | |
| New BMI Whale Elite Power Cord Hello all - I took a chance on a Whale Elite - 6 foot - after a recommendation from another audiophile - TomP - on this site (he bought some IC cables from an ad I posted). TomP was very enthusiastic, and, when the time came, i bid and won an audi... | |
| Anyone heard about CD player Modificatio Try this link - EVS at http://www.tweakaudio.com/index.html, these guys seem to know what they're doing, maybe they can help - they mod DACs and Players |