Lossless Files Vs CD's

Kijanki and Pokey, thanks very much for your kind comments. And I certainly second Pokey's comment about Kijanki and Steve.

Best,
-- Al

To: Audioengr, Pokey77 and Almarg: Guys, I think i know whats going on here,;~) but I won't be jumping the guns until i see Steeven at The show and listen to his "bit perfect rip" on his server and than we'll see if somebody really need a hearing specialist or something else is going on because of somebody's involvement with the industry. If, on the other hand, Steeven will show to me that i was doing something terribly wrong for the last 7 years) and CD and files are in fact sounds identical, i will gladly apologise to all of you guys and convert all my CDs to comp(we all know this wan't happening right ;~)). Until then there is no doubt in my mind or moreover ears))) that ripped files loosing micro(but very important ) musical information compare to CD it ripped from. Sound gets muddier, less separation, less air between the notes, voice timbres are not the same any more (DIana Krell "Quite Nits" rip comes to mind), the wind blowing less apparent, priorities and characteristics of sounds are different etc.

05-28-14: Dvavc
To: Audioengr, Pokey77 and Almarg: Guys, I think i know whats going on here,;~) but I won't be jumping the guns until i see Steeven at The show and listen to his "bit perfect rip" on his server and than we'll see if somebody really need a hearing specialist or something else is going on because of somebody's involvement with the industry....

As a point of information regarding this comment, I do not now nor have I ever had any affiliation or connection with any individual or organization in the audio industry. I do not own and have never heard any of Steve's products. I am a retired EE with 33 years of experience designing and managing design of advanced digital and analog circuits for defense electronics, primarily airborne radar systems.

I also have never met or had any communication with Steve, Kijanki, or Pokey, aside from posts in threads at this forum.

Regards,
-- Al

Listening involves significant subjective judgement when it comes to sound quality.

There is no guarantee that listening alone will determine the quality of the digital source, especially if the two compared are more similar than different. Too many other factors at play.

I am a software engineer with a background in digital imaging for military applications as well and a long time audio geek. I agree with the others that assert a properly impemented lossless CD rip to file has fewer technical obstacles in its way and playback is less problematic than from an optical CD reader typically.

I can pretty much repeat what Al said but I won't bother with someone who makes ugly suggestions.