Does a ripped cd onto a digital format sound better than the cd played on the cdp

the title says it all. if i rip my collection onto a sever will it increase SQ? dumb question i am sure but here i am. if the digital system is above average will it make the sound better?

veroman12-15-2018 3:19am

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cleeds Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,065 posts 12-15-2018 at 01:49pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete ivan_nosnibor When traveling in a wire, digital signals are in an analog form, not "ones and zeros", and are as subject to noise and distortions as much as about any other analog signal. If a digital signal is not comprised of "ones and zeros," then what is it? Are you saying the data is analog even before the signal enters the DAC?
cleeds Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,065 posts 12-15-2018 at 04:30pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete melm Yes, that's exactly it. It's counter intuitive That a digital signal can be corrupted, and a 1 read as a 0, does not mean that the digital signal is analog. Not even close.
cleeds Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,065 posts 12-15-2018 at 05:26pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete melm in the wires they are analog signals intended to look like square waves. You may call that a digital signal if you like but they are subject to all the problems of transmitting analog signals. They are digital signals. Because of that, you can transfer substantial amounts of data through a cable and get bit perfect results, every time. You can't do that with analog because there is always some amount of loss, no matter how slight.

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