Here's a Ripley's believe it or not story that I've told MANY times and will tell one last time to all:
There is at least one CD burner that stands above the masses in terms of sound quality as it has the ability to make recordings that sound BETTER BETTER BETTER than the originals!!!! It is the Pioneer PDR-W739. I understand the 839 from Pioneer also can do this trick too but I have not heard any burned copies from that unit.
Now I know this whole statement about making better sounding copies than the originals sounds a bit ludicrous. But it is true none the less. There are over 2 dozen hard core audiophiles who (like myself), who have bought this burner just because of it's "magic" capabilities. Recently I had 4 "dis-believers" over to my house who were floored that they picked the copies (in a double blind comparison mind you) as the best sounding discs.
(There is more depth and air around instruments and voices with the soundfield having less of a "picket fence" type of soundstage i.e. the copies sound more analog and less digital! )
I've posted this information MANY times in different threads only to be attacked for it's impossibility! I'm an Electrical Engineer myself so I fully understand how crazy this sounds
. There are some speculative ideas here such as reduced jitter from the original CD to the copy (there is inherent jitter in the original CD that can theoretically be removed?) I've also been told by some optical experts that burned CD's could possibly be easier to read than the originals due to their superior optical properties. There are many more hypothesis but I could care less to find the truth.
There is only ONE truth here: This is a pretty big breakthrough that every high end guy should be taking note of (and buying into - literally!!!) Of sourse many would rather attack ME and poo poo the technical impossiblity of making a "better sounding" digital copy
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Run, don't walk to get one of these burners!! It's only a matter of time before none are left on the used market. Pioneer "upgrades" their units every year. Whatever magic they are doing in their burning transfer may be lost in their next years product offering.
It makes NO SENSE whatsoever to spend thousands of dollars on cables or electronics and not buy one of these burners! Is anyone hearing me! This is the front end source! You cannot create more space or dimensionality out of your Compact Disc itself (you can only preserve, modify or color the sound). Harmnic, soundfield and dimensional preservation are what high end audio is all about IMHO
What if there was a way to get CD's that sounded closer to the master tape
Guess what
THERE IS
It's called the Pioneer PDR-W739 burner!!!
