Re: [microsound] the great depression of CDerrors

[chthonic streams <chthonic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On Sep 24, 2004, at 6:50 AM, ian stewart wrote:
>
> > There's a significant difference in fidelity to the original 
> > master- a properly glass-mastered, pressed CD will have a far lower 
> > error rate than a home-burned CD-r.
>
> It's been a while since I measured CD-R error rates, but when I did, 
> exactly the opposite was true. The CD-R error rates I saw were 
> typically in low single digits. Not that it matters in the 
> slightest, since the errors are corrected

i think this was part of the discussion i had with the mastering 
engineer - the "error correction" certaily allows CDRs to play, but 
results in a blurring or thinning of the sound as perceived by the 
ear.


d.

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