Does a cheap cd transport create poor digital copies?


I want to load some CDs onto the hard drive of a music server via a USB port. I have a quality USB cable, but I’m wondering if using a standard issue external CD drive ($50 type thing) as a transport will imbed the common cheap player problems onto the stored music (jitter, etc.)...or does it simply create a digital copy of the original onto the player?

I’m not going to run out and buy a transport as my CD collection is limited, but I am curious about this and maybe it will help others. Anyone know the technical facts or have an opinion?



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That argument goes both ways.  I used to think that CDRs sounded better than the originals, and that CDs from aHD bested the originals, but with the improvement in DAC technology over the past few years I’ve swung the other way.  I’ve seen reports that copied CDs have either more or less jitter, sometimes from the same writer...
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I am referring to plain ordinary CD copies, no fancy editing or upsampling or whatever.
Perhaps CDRs are easier for players to read than commercially produced CDs.  Totally guessing here.
" Hey, anyone know why CD copies can sometimes sound better than the original or is that an old wives tale? "

Yes. See above.