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Old 28-01-2008   #7 (permalink)
andrews27
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Re: How can I use computer CD-Rs in standalone audio burner?

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Originally Posted by DrageMester View Post
You don't seem to understand the properties of digital information. Only the last medium in the chain can have any effect on the final sound, as long as there are no digital errors in the copying chain.

If you copy audio onto digital media a thousand times, the first 999 mediums will have no impact on the sound quality you get on the 1000th copy, and if the 1000th copy is a CD, then only the quality of that CD will have any impact on the sound quality coming out of your amplifier (and for CD players designed in a sensible way, the quality of that CD will also have no impact on sound quality).

If you record onto low quality CD-RW media in your audio recorder and then copy (rip & burn) the CD to high quality CD-R media in your computer, the final sound quality will depend *only* on the final CD-R (and the CD player) - provided that the CD-RW was read without any errors in the computer.

But it's your own choice.
Yes, it is. I'm dealing with analog sources and recording here, hundreds of them. Like I want to spend extra money and time burning everything twice, when a simple end run around a bad techno law is what I want. Please don't even suggest reusing those CD-RWs, as the sound degrades even further.
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