A certain Derbydrummer, of uk.rec.audio "fame", writes :
From the comments comming back it would appear that there is agreement that all
cd transports/loader/lasers sound the same and by definition have the same
abilities. This is far from the truth and not just a subjective matter as you
are able to see the differences clearly on test equipment.

What sort of differences ?

The new multimedia designs are inferior at reading standard cds or should I say
not as dedicated and the sound quality is only satisfactory for people who aint
bothered about true high fidelity.

That's a terrible pity, as they are used in all of the top expensive CD
players.

It is not just about 0's and 1s

Then what is it about ?

and a CDrom on a computer has a lot of fuzz the
digital filter has to look at as well as the signal.

The transport has no digital filter.

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