Posted on 04/22/2016 4:04:41 PM PDT by newfreep
I'm seeking an external (USB) CDR/DVD burner that is HIGHLY accurate.
Any recommendations is most welcomed and appreciated.
Hmm. Not at all trying to be a smart-ass. Never thought there would be an issue with accuracy. Thought it was all a bunch of 1’s and 0’s. I’d think the CD itself would be the important piece here.
Kinda like the HDMI cables the electronics and tech stores try to sell you for $30 + when you can get the same cable for between $3 and $10 depending on the length............
I have a box filled with "gold plated" cables and a spool of monster cable that I probably spent hundreds of dollars needlessly on when I was into high end stereo systems. What a scam that was.............
Mark for later ...
Accuracy is not an obvious attribute for a burner. Please explain what you want it to do better than the typical burner might do.
Tayo Yuden are better.
See my post #9 above for my goals.
There can be minor benefit to better wires, contacts, or media, with analog. With digital, assuming the system has even elementary consideration for data checking, the system either works, or it doesn't. You can have some digital processes that don't care about what is discarded, but for software, it has to be programmed that way. For output from digital to not be checked at a low level is rare. That is how we can have any hope our backup tapes and CDs actually stored our data. If the data is corrupt, it is invariably due to the media. Archival media costs more, but you can keep data “accurate” for a hundred years with it. Otherwise, it starts to degrade within 3-5 years.
You do not appear to understand that of which you speak.
Accuracy is not affected by any such media input mechanism.
"Accurate" is an inappropriate term.
The appropriate term for the behavior you describe is "working". A digital storage device that does not store exactly what is written to it is "broken". That's the opposite of "working".
The quality & precision of the mechanism has a direct impact on the final result.
My entrepreneurial endeavor is in high-end audio where this is demonstrated on many levels.
How do you think these devices are capable of being used as backup, when the file has to be 100% read to work?
These are not old-style analog.
I have been in this field since 1977, and what you are stating is nuts.
In that case, the quality will depend on what software you use to convert the 24-bit FLAC to audio CD format. Once you've got the .wav file on your computer, it doesn't much matter what drive you use to burn it onto a CD. You won't be able to avoid some loss of quality.
See here.
I will make note of that. Thank you...
All of the devices you listed contain the same drive hardware in a different enclosure. All DVD/CD drives write correct data to the media. Recordings can be bad on cheap media, which is not the fault of the recording mechanism.
Amazon attempts to sell this $13,499.75 HDMI cable. The reviews are hilarious.
http://www.amazon.com/AudioQuest-Diamond-52-49-Braided-Cable/dp/B00IL3TZSQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=aht&ie=UTF8&qid=1461371271&sr=1-1
Good luck with whatever you decide to do!
Thanks for the link - I discovered it a week or so ago. It looks very nice and seems to emphasize accuracy.
OMG, those were hilarious....LOL!
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