Originally Posted by
Lerxst
Hi,
I buy lossless CDs online then burn them myself if I can, unless they are rare or foreign or something, in which case I have to a buy a real CD.
I have a Cambridge Audio CXC and one of the big things about this unit is that it JUST does CDs and runs them at super-correct speed etc, bla, bla.
No complaits about the sound the cxc produces. But... I am burning my CDs with a standard PC burner. So, in theory, because my burner is crap I should be getting problems right? The CXC never refuses to play one. Never had a duff one - except once when there were little pops on the songs, which sounded to me like something was wrong digitally - out of sync or whatever, I cannot profess to be an expert in that area. A reburn was the solution.
My DAC is Music Fidelity V90.
So, factory CD or my cheapo burned one - I really cannot hear the difference. Even compared burned copies to "real" ones. Same to my ears.
I don't understand.
Should I go back to a transistor radio because my listening abilities are not worthy of hifi?
Or is there another explanation?
Thanks in advance
Chris
Added later: And...I am using free software - CD Burner XP.
Can I ask, why buy knock off CDs and re copy them?
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