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Romy the Cat wrote:

The souse was Meridian DAW, the ripped CDs. Sound. That was interesting. Something was very severally compromised in there across the board and it was clearly at the very beginning. I do not Meridian sound but I did have a feeling that the CD souse was not good. Sound had that " washy burned not crisp" feeling that I might under attribute to ether very bad digital front end or to bad electricity. I did asked the guys in there if they feel that they lose any quality or obtain any problems while they rip the CD to the Meridian server. They said that they do not and that the ripped CD sound much better then original. I accepted the answer and did not argue.

Romy,

Do you have an idea about what could cause "ripped" CDs to sound bad and is there any way that these problems you mention could be solved or minimized?

Did you also reach the same conclusions by "ripping" CDs with your DAW and playback?

I ask this because I am about to move to a different country where I'll be living for the next 3 years and have started ripping all my CDs to avoid having to take them and the system along with me (who knows if/when I'll be back).

I don't have a D/AC at the moment and can't really get one until I sell my current system.

Cheers,
Ric

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