Both Robin and Andy have pointed out that "jitter" as we understand it in the audio world refers to timing inaccuracy. They have both said that jitter is not involved in CD ripping.
However, there is a phenomenon which *used* to be significant during CD ripping. (Modern drives no longer have this problem). This was that it was not always possible for a CD drive to accurately seek to a specific block on an audio CD. As a result, rippers attempting to read sequential blocks from audio CDs sometimes had to cope with this. (They typically used a strategy of reading overlapping block then trying to align them according to the data content). Unfortunately, the term used to describe this phenomenon was "jitter", and has led to a lot of confusion. -- cliveb Performers -> dozens of mixers and effects -> clipped/hypercompressed mastering -> you think a few extra ps of jitter matters? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35261 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
