🚀 go-pugleaf

Bob Velkov wrote in message ...
>"Arny Kr�ger" <arnyk@flash.net> writes:
>
>> Felix M.C. Li wrote in message <754i43$m7s$1@unix2.glink.net.hk>...
>> >Kit-pui Wong wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Some people with "golden ears" claim that there are great
>> >> differences between an original CD and its digital CDR copy.
>> >>
>> >
>> >I haven't heard anybody here claimed themselves to have a pair of
>> >"Golden ears". And it doesn't need a "Golden ear" to hear it.
>> >
>> >Many cheap CD Recorders cannot make a good copy of the original, I
>> >know my Ricoh is not good in doing so. I've heard some from Plextor
>> >and they are much better than the ones from my Ricoh. Some people
>> >said Yamaha is also very good.
>> >
>>
>>
>> I have a Plexstor 32 spin reader and a Plexstor 4x8 writer, and they are
>> capable of making bit-exact copies. I do it routinely.
>>
>> I also have a Mitsumi 2x8 writer, and it makes exact copies of the audio
discs
>> it writes. Reading? a different matter...
>
>Yes, almost each one writer produces a real good copy. The hard and real
>important work is done on the reading side. Plextor drives (except the 6x,
>but all other, i.e. 12x, 12/20x, 32x) prodece bit-by-bit exact reads each
>time. There are recently some other newer IDE CD-ROM drives that reads
>audio good (the problem is the missing filesystem) but I only have heard
>of such, no personal experience.
>


I've tested some of those new IDE drives, and while they are greatly improved,
I'm not ditching my Plexstor for them!