[Arny Krueger]

"Kruse" wrote in message


Just got a new CD and the following was printed on the
cover: Copy protected & pre-ripped for PC".

I speculate that this is a dual-session CD with both an audio session and a
data session on the same disc.

The data session is set up to capture a typical PC CD ROM, ultimately
putting up a menu that allows you to do something with MP3 or WMA versions
of the audio tracks. On some PCs this could keep you from ripping the audio
tracks.

So........because of the copy protection, has the sound
quality taken a dive on this CD,

The audio tracks that a CD drive sees are probably OK. The stuff that the
data tracks try to force on you may not be so good.

It's not a red or orange book CD so it is arguably not a CD at all.