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Thank you Richard. That's what I mean. Is there any software to test the QUALITY of one's CD audio burn?
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Thank you Richard. That's what I mean. Is there any software to test the QUALITY of one's CD audio burn?
Albie wrote:
. The whole post in the Subject - that's a new one ! Yes, Plextools (and Pro) but works only with Plextor drives. However this can only test the compound process of writing and subsequently reading. For a definitive write-quality test you need a specialised diagnostic test equipment costing thousands. Most people just don't "sweat it" unless they have an actual problem. geoff |
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Thank you Richard. That's what I mean. Is there any softwareto test the QUALITY of one's CD audio burn?
On 1/18/2010 12:52 PM geoff spake thus:
Albie wrote: . The whole post in the Subject - that's a new one ! Yes, Plextools (and Pro) but works only with Plextor drives. However this can only test the compound process of writing and subsequently reading. For a definitive write-quality test you need a specialised diagnostic test equipment costing thousands. Most people just don't "sweat it" unless they have an actual problem. Yes. I'm curious why all the angst about audio CD quality: are you going into the replication business? -- You were wrong, and I'm man enough to admit it. - a Usenet "apology" |
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Thank you Richard. That's what I mean. Is there any software to test the QUALITY of one's CD audio burn?
On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:02:24 -0800, David Nebenzahl
wrote: On 1/18/2010 12:52 PM geoff spake thus: Albie wrote: . The whole post in the Subject - that's a new one ! Yes, Plextools (and Pro) but works only with Plextor drives. However this can only test the compound process of writing and subsequently reading. For a definitive write-quality test you need a specialised diagnostic test equipment costing thousands. Most people just don't "sweat it" unless they have an actual problem. Yes. I'm curious why all the angst about audio CD quality: are you going into the replication business? Of course not. But when I am listening to music on my stereo system, I can do without the slow, static 'pops' that can occur for me when writing at a speed greater than 4x. The problem occurs during loud passages or when a soprano goes into the top of her range. The threads I'm receiving are now making me believe I may just need a higher quality (more expensive) CD player. 8-( I'll start checking into this. I would like a carousel if possible for convenience in playing multi-disk operas. (I always used Taiyo Juden blanks, and I have fiddled with every known make of burner.) Albie |
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Thank you Richard. That's what I mean. Is there any software to test the QUALITY of one's CD audio burn?
Albie wrote:
Of course not. But when I am listening to music on my stereo system, I can do without the slow, static 'pops' that can occur for me when writing at a speed greater than 4x. The problem occurs during loud passages or when a soprano goes into the top of her range. The threads I'm receiving are now making me believe I may just need a higher quality (more expensive) CD player. 8-( I'll start checking into this. I would like a carousel if possible for convenience in playing multi-disk operas. (I always used Taiyo Juden blanks, and I have fiddled with every known make of burner.) The audio problems you describe have can have NOTHING to do with quality of burn, error rate, or burn speed. Audio level or pitch has NO CORRELATION whatsoever with the digital data quality. Experiment with other media. Write in DAO mode, with Buffer Under-run protection turned Off. And kill AV and other unnecessary apps while burning. .. Alternatively simply get another burner, almost any burner except the one you have, and you should be able to write at the same or higher speed reliably. I wouldn't go over 16x though. Your player may also be a factor. Also try other burning software - what you have sounds like digital overload maybe due to some gain being applied in the burning software, or your player is broken, or it objects to difficult (but otherwise valid) high level audio signals. geoff |
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Thank you Richard. That's what I mean. Is there any software to test the QUALITY of one's CD audio burn?
"Albie" wrote in message ... Yes. I'm curious why all the angst about audio CD quality: are you going into the replication business? Of course not. But when I am listening to music on my stereo system, I can do without the slow, static 'pops' that can occur for me when writing at a speed greater than 4x. The problem occurs during loud passages or when a soprano goes into the top of her range. Get a new drive then, and/or buy some decent disks. The threads I'm receiving are now making me believe I may just need a higher quality (more expensive) CD player. Might be the problem too. Even new cheap players will cope with burmed disks, how much you pay should depend on the quality of the rest of your system 8-( I'll start checking into this. I would like a carousel if possible for convenience in playing multi-disk operas. Most people have stopped using those horrible things ages ago, and started using a computer or hard drive media player instead. You will no longer have problems with CDR's then either! And instant access to hundreds of hours of music is a bonus. (I always used Taiyo Juden blanks, and I have fiddled with every known make of burner.) But how long ago, if you still need to burn at 4x? You must have been doing something wrong, or been *very* unlucky, in any case. I've been burning fault free CD's at 16x or more, for over a decade. And not just with Plextor's either :-) MrT. |
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Thank you Richard. That's what I mean. Is there any software to test the QUALITY of one's CD audio burn?
geoff wrote:
[quoting OP] Of course not. But when I am listening to music on my stereo system, I can do without the slow, static 'pops' that can occur for me when writing at a speed greater than 4x. The problem occurs during loud passages or when a soprano goes into the top of her range. Zero correlation to cd-burn process. Correlation to clipping is 0.99999999! Please describe your playback equipment. The simplest explanation is that you are clipping your poweramplifier. Less simple explanations are possible, including as Geoff suggested digital overload in the preparation of the CD. Such will as an example be probable for CD's made from mp3 files because of the overshoot inherent in mp3 encode and decode. geoff Kind regards Peter Larsen |
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Thank you Richard. That's what I mean. Is there any software to test the QUALITY of one's CD audio burn?
Peter Larsen wrote:
geoff wrote: Of course not. But when I am listening to music on my stereo system, I can do without the slow, static 'pops' that can occur for me when writing at a speed greater than 4x. The problem occurs during loud passages or when a soprano goes into the top of her range. Zero correlation to cd-burn process. Correlation to clipping is 0.99999999! If the audio was ripped from a CD try keeping the ripped MP3 for a while. When you here noise on a disk that you burned it's time to listen to the MP3 played directly on your PC. At that point it's easy to figure out where the problem occured. |
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