[Arny Krueger]

"Mr.T" MrT@home wrote in message


"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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When CDs differ significantly, they are either vastly
different, which is usually due to remastering. This
fact bears on the OP's basic question.

Right, but not always "vastly different", depending on
your definition of that term of course.

I offered that estimated quantification in the context of numberical
comparison of the binary data in digital tracks. In that context, any
difference at all due to common mastering techniques shows up as being vast.
*Every* non-zero byte of the data will be different.

CDs often differ in the amount of zero padding at the
beginning or end, which the EAC and CDEX file comparison
utilities handle very nicely.

Not when the source was analog and extra "silence" on any
track may NOT necessarily be at zero byte level.

Of course not. I wasn't talking about that.

EAC etc file comparisons cannot ignore that. Only IF the digital
source files used for the pressing are identical will
such comparisons work, however the *audible sound
quality* may still be identical, even IF they don't.

I wasn't talking about that.