I thought the question was digital out on audio
playback, not 'ripping' in the sense that others were
saying. As others have said, for digital tech, if you
don't have problems with what you have, you don't need
to upgrade. If your CD player can't get around some
scratches that it should or
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* "Julien Blaise (E-coli)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sat, 27 Nov 1999
| I just want to know if there is a difference of quality of the digital
| out between different CDROMs, because my CDROM is a 8X Goldstar
| (GCD-R580B) and perhaps it would be better
Stainless Steel Rat wrote:
| I just want to know if there is a difference of quality of
| the digital out between different CDROMs, because my CDROM
| is a 8X Goldstar (GCD-R580B) and perhaps it would be better
| to buy a new one :)
Nope. What comes out of the optical jack on one unit is
On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Magic wrote:
Plextor drives are the best because they have the most reliable drive
mechanisms and they are very good at coping with imperfect CDs.
I couldn't agree more with this. I have a 40x Plextor that can rip digital
audio at 24x with absolutely no errors. It was
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* "Magic" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sun, 28 Nov 1999
| Not quite true, Rat. The digital output is not always 100% identical. If
| you rip the data from a CD at a higher speed rather than play the CD, the
| error correction method becomes less reliable
I have a sound card with an optical output (Guillemot maxi sound
fortissimo).
I have connected the digital out of my CDROM to the SPDIF_IN on the
sound card, and everything works, I get the track marks, etc
I just want to know if there is a difference of quality of the digital
out between
