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Re:Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for ... by mjg59 on Saturday September 05, 2020 @06:31AM (#24382649)
A lot of CDs aren't in perfect condition, either because of scratches or things like https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_disc_bronzing. When faced with damaged data, the quality of the drive and its firmware will influence whether the data stream corresponds to the original content or not.
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Re:Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for ... by BuildTheRobots on Saturday September 05, 2020 @06:39AM (#24382671)
Thanks for the explanation - I misinterpreted the OC to be about audio quality rather than just trying to recover data from damaged media.
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Re:Thirty years ago today I made the final gold masters for ... by mjg59 on Saturday September 05, 2020 @07:08AM (#24382753)
Given a perfect CD the drive is probably not going to have significant impact, but for an audio CD that's been exposed to real world conditions there's a bunch of ways the drive can make a difference to the recovered data.
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