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Re:Lou Ottens, inventor of cassette tape, has died by VMG on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @10:30AM (#26412252)
I would slightly disagree with him about CDs: there are some annoying high-frequency noises from a typical CD drive motor.

Higher-end ones probably have some buffering.

Re:Lou Ottens, inventor of cassette tape, has died by rbanffy on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @01:11PM (#26414164)
You can always mimic the sound you'd get from analog media using a CD the same way you can emulate a CRT using a modern HDR high-resolution display with fidelity well beyond our ability to differentiate them. With a high-end GPU we can do CRT emulation in real time.
Re:Lou Ottens, inventor of cassette tape, has died by vanderZwan on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @02:26PM (#26415070)
That's not what the person you're replying to is talking about though - they're stating that the motor that spins the disc is causing interference in the signal.

(I have a hard time imagining that it's worse than the electric motors used to drive vinyls or cassette tapes, but if it's there it's there I suppose)