by Sonnova <sonnova@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
May 14, 2008 at 12:58 AM
On Tue, 13 May 2008 08:02:23 -0700, anthony wrote
(in article <g0cahv0377@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
> My Pioneer PDR-04 standalone CD recorder collapsed and I decided not
> to go with the quoted repair bill of $900 Australian (about $850
> US) ..... a tad more than the unit cost about eight years ago.
> I just picked up an as-new secondhand PDR-609 as a far more economic
> replacement. Just one thing though -- the 04 unit said it used 1-bit
> mastering for analog to digital conversion. This newer unit says it
> uses 24-bit technology. Should there be any discernible difference? Is
> this a cost-saving cutback or what? Interested if anyone has been able
> compare these two models.
Both make 16-bit, 44.1KHz sample rate Redbook CDs. How they do it
internally
is pretty much a matter of choice, and advertising their methodology as a
"feature" is merely marketing. In other words, all things being equal,
there
should be no difference in the resultant CD.
