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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: RE: EAC/LameRE: EAC/Lame
From: Fred Maxwell <rockbox_at_anti-spam.org>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 21:11:56 -0500 > cdex does everything eac does and it is open source to boot. No, cdex does not do everything that EAC does. Its error detection and correction is practically non-existent. See this article: http://doc.hydrogenaudio.org/wikis/hydrogenaudio/SecureAudioExtraction I just downloaded it and gave it a quick look. From what I see, it can't generate cue sheets. It doesn't have the ability to cue up tracks at suspect read points so that you can listen for problems. It doesn't have a wav editor. It can't auto-determine read offset from a test CD. It can't burn CDs and, thus, can't create offset-free audio CDs or create offset test CDs. > personally i think you've got very little to worry about with a decent > cdrom drive. I've not found that to be true -- even when using well cared for CDs. If you rip with EAC and see how often it encounters correctable errors, it will be an eye-opener for you. I use it with a Yamaha CRW-3200 CD burner, a LiteOn LTD-163D DVD drive, and a LiteOn 52327S CD burner. All are very respected drives and seldom will a CD read from one end to the other with 100% "track quality." > the threat of jitter and read errors has been grossly > exaggerated. my 2nd job is audio engineer, so i have a pro audio system > with digital output from my computer thru a digital mixing desk and into > flat response studio monitors. Studio monitors can be very revealing, but seldom are they anywhere near as flat as good high-end audiophile speakers (yes, I have worked in a real recording studio). > believe me, i am very sensitive to artifacts and errors. I bet that EAC is more so. But if you want to listen for errors and artifacts, use good headphones (like Grado RS or high-end SR series, Sennheiser HD600s) run from a class-A amp. I'm really tired of the open source argument. EAC works better than CDex. Photoshop works better than GIMP. Unreal Tournament 2003 is a better game than Tux Racer. I'm not going to accept a second-rate program over a better one just because the second rate program is open source. Regards, Fred Maxwell Received on 2003-12-20 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |