Dave964
Prominent Member
All of my CDs are ripped to a desktop PC, and I used EAC for it. I've seen the reasons why EAC is recommended, and that this should result in a more accurate rip.
However - I had a friend visiting over Christmas and he pointed out a flaw in this argument which I couldn't argue with, so I'd like somebody to explain it to me.
Even cheap CD drives in PCs must be able to read the data accurately without using something like EAC. If they didn't, they couldn't possibly install / run software from CDs. With computer software, you can't possibly read data that is "mostly" right - if you did, it simply wouldn't run.
So why should audio CDs be any different? Why do I need some flashy ripping program to make sure the CD is ripped accurately at a digital level when the PC is perfectly capable of getting it right for software CDs?
I'd be genuinely interested if somebody can explain this.
However - I had a friend visiting over Christmas and he pointed out a flaw in this argument which I couldn't argue with, so I'd like somebody to explain it to me.
Even cheap CD drives in PCs must be able to read the data accurately without using something like EAC. If they didn't, they couldn't possibly install / run software from CDs. With computer software, you can't possibly read data that is "mostly" right - if you did, it simply wouldn't run.
So why should audio CDs be any different? Why do I need some flashy ripping program to make sure the CD is ripped accurately at a digital level when the PC is perfectly capable of getting it right for software CDs?
I'd be genuinely interested if somebody can explain this.