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In the Thread: Asyncronus USB

Post Subject: PC rip vs. CDPPosted by KLegind on: 6/13/2011

Many persons I have come across on the web propose that PC based playback of ripped CDs is vastly superior to regular CD playback. Often this happens in discussions of "vinyl vs. cd". (Potentially fruitful discussion but...) However, I have never heard this superiority demonstrated live. The few comparisons I have attended only proved that PC ripped CD playback sounded flat, dull and devoid of tone (please keep in mind that this was relative to the CDP). Certainly our judgement was coloured by the high expectations for the ripped medium, but this only goes to show that at least PC playback failed to prove conclusively better. I would like to hear a balls to the walls all out assault on the PC based topology though. I would hope it sounds 'better' rather than just 'different'.

Kris

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