Quality of locally produced CD's

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I have been ripping my whole CD collection to Apple Lossless using iTunes 10.5.2 with the Error Correction option enabled.

I have noticed that all the locally produced CD's take as much as 4 times longer to rip than imported CD's.

From this I am getting the impression that locally produced CD's require more error correction than the imported ones.

Why else would they take longer to rip?

If so, it means that normal CD players have to work harder to interpolate missing data which it can't read off the disk.

This in turn must surely have an impact on sound quality.

Any thoughts?
 
That is why it is important to back up all CDs so that in future none of these issues are issues. I feel the abuse of CD players is something that seriously need to be looked at. In support of my anti-abuse campaign, I borrow backups from friends until this matter (and any future issues that might arise to justify my actions) is addressed.
 
rumour has it that the local guys press too many CDs from a master - this is hearsay mind you, maybe one of the muso okes can shed some light?
 
The CD's are thinner and the cases are poor quality. Also with DVD's. Never knew it affected the music.
 
maumau said:
rumour has it that the local guys press too many CDs from a master - this is hearsay mind you, maybe one of the muso okes can shed some light?
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I thought CDs were duplicated from a digital source? Interesting question.
 
JFT said:
I have been ripping my whole CD collection to Apple Lossless using iTunes 10.5.2 with the Error Correction option enabled.

I have noticed that all the locally produced CD's take as much as 4 times longer to rip than imported CD's.

From this I am getting the impression that locally produced CD's require more error correction than the imported ones.

Why else would they take longer to rip?

If so, it means that normal CD players have to work harder to interpolate missing data which it can't read off the disk.

This in turn must surely have an impact on sound quality.

Any thoughts?
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Most international cd's are produced here anyway so it can't be the cds.It cost less to produce 1000+ runs locally than to import it.The difference i suspect is the method used.Local cd's generally have lower production runs so they use duplication.They just top that up as they sell.International artists have bigger runs which make it more cost effective to use replication by using a licensed glass master.Replication is the best method.
 
maumau said:
rumour has it that the local guys press too many CDs from a master - this is hearsay mind you, maybe one of the muso okes can shed some light?
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That's true with duplication.There is data loss after a certain amount.Replication,however,has no data losses.It makes a perfect 1:1 copy every time.
 
Biggie said:
Most international cd's are produced here anyway so it can't be the cds.It cost less to produce 1000+ runs locally than to import it.The difference i suspect is the method used.Local cd's generally have lower production runs so they use duplication.They just top that up as they sell.International artists have bigger runs which make it more cost effective to use replication by using a licensed glass master.Replication is the best method.
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On a reasonably good sound system, you can hear the difference between locally produced CD's and imports, the imports do sound better !
 
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