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--- In motm@y..., Neil Bradley <nb@s...> wrote:
> > I have done blind listening tests with the same discs. One of 
them is
> > the factory version and the other is a perfectly round bevelled 
disc.
> > I heard information on the bevelled disc which was missing from 
the
> > factory disc. Don`t believe any of the AudioFools who say it 
doesn`t
> > make a difference. Any person who can hear properly, can spot the
> > difference right away. It`s amazing, that the manufacturers let 
this
> > happen in the first place. Even AudioFool CD`s aren`t bevelled.
>
 
> Either the data is read correctly or it isn't. 

You just said it yourself, it doesn`t matter if it is buffered or 
not,if it wasn`t read propeply to begin with.

Your average Consumer CD player has approx. 4000 errors per second. A 
HiFi player cuts it down by about half. AudioPhile and Pro Gear 
brings down the error count to below 1000.



Data is buffered as much as
> a second ahead of where it is with plenty of time to recover.


Recover from what, the hit your portable CD or Automobile CD player 
took to avoid skips. :) For Data CD`s it doesn`t matter as much, but 
for audio, it matters a lot.


 If you have
> exactly the same data with no buffer underrun, wobble or no wobble, 
it
> will make no difference.

Sorry, but this statement is wrong. please read the Article with the 
attached Url`s

 
> It amazes me that there are those that think that regular audio CD 
players
> can't do something CDROM players on computers do on a daily basis.
> 

What amazes me, is Designers inventing New Formats, when they haven`t 
figured how to make the most out of the one that is there now.

This is all tongue and cheek stuff, at the end of the day, the 
question remains, does it sound good or not

Regards,
RM


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