edwardthern wrote: > Yes RIP's can and do sound different. Only if your rip isn't error-free.
> You should use a very high quality DVD drive with the best software you > can find. Actually, old-fashioned CD drives tend to read CD's better than DVD drives do. But it really doesn't matter as long as you use ripping software that verifies the results (using accurip and other methods), guaranteeing that you get a perfect copy. And perfect is perfect - a error-free copy of the bits on the CD. "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106578 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles