Re: Sound quality of "Copy protected & pre-ripped for PC" music.....

Arny Krueger wrote:

> "Kruse" <kruse@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>
> > Just got a new CD and the following was printed on the
> > cover: Copy protected & pre-ripped for PC".
>
> I speculate that this is a dual-session CD with both an audio session
and a
> data session on the same disc.

That's how I read it too.


> The data session is set up to capture a typical PC CD ROM, ultimately
> putting up a menu that allows you to do something with  MP3 or WMA
versions
> of the audio tracks. On some PCs this could keep you from ripping the
audio
> tracks.
>
> > So........because of the copy protection, has the sound
> > quality taken a dive on this CD,
>
> The audio tracks that a CD drive sees are probably OK.  The stuff that
the
> data tracks try to force on you may not be so good.
>
> It's not a red or orange book CD so it is arguably not a CD at all.

It would qualify as a CD-ROM but not an audio CD.

Graham