ralphpnj wrote: > Digital data integrity is actually quite remarkable. Back sometime in > either 2007 or 2008 I ran the following little test. > > I ripped a CD I own into flac files. > > I uploaded the flac files to a news server which meant having to encode > the binary data as text. > > I then downloaded the flac files from the server which meant having to > decode the text back into binary data. > > I then used the downloaded files to burn an audio CD. > > I then played the original CD and the burned CD and there was absolutely > no audible difference. > > As I said, digital data integrity is remarkable.
Yes. It's also remarkable after all these years some people still feel that copying the digital data can deteriorate the sound quality despite bit-perfect reproduction! Worse when you have supposed "professionals" like Cookie Marenco talk like this (see 'message #12 here' (http://www.computeraudiophile.com/f13-music-downloads-and-streaming/sound-better-uncompressed-downloaded-files-6158/)). "If you can't hear the difference between an original CD and a copy of your CD, you might as well give up your career as a tester." Oh my... Hey, I generally don't follow Ms. Marenco's comments so if she has retracted this belief, I'd love to know! Archimago's Musings: (archimago.blogspot.com) A 'more objective' audiophile blog. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103146 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
