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In the Forum: Didital Things
In the Thread: Windows Based Transport: A quiet and capable Source?

Post Subject: Critical distinctionPosted by item on: 11/2/2011

Romy: you found your CD transport sounded better than a CD-ROM drive, is that right? That seems reasonable. But you've not stated what computer the CD-ROM drive was attached to . . .

In an audio computer, the CD-ROM drive is really, really irrelevant: it shouldn't even be powered during playback; the computer and its software and storage medium and clock and power supply - in toto: the transport - that's what makes a large difference.

CD transports are generally better than PCs. But a well-designed PC transport is better than a good CD transport (assuming we've moved on past a discussion of ripping!)

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