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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?
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audioengr
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Jitter makes it’s way into things everywhere it can. Even the DAC receiver and buffering add jitter. Cables don’t produce noise, but ground-loops do and dielectric absorption in the cable can distort the waveform causing ISI (inter-symbol-interference). Reflection on the cable can cause a LOT of jitter, but this can easily be minimized by using at least a 1.5m long cable.

Ethernet signal integrity issues can easily be minimized using isolators and high-bandwidth cables of the optimum lengths.

Steve N.

Empirical Audio

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audioman58
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Without question if you have a good dac and good digital cable 
for sure itis cleaner . I use solid state drives what aredead quiet no moving parts , with a CD youhave aspinning disc that  the cdreader  has to buffer to read,reread for errors and makes a educated guess on some bits. Cd players can sound very good .
but a dedicated hard drive ,solid state with ripped files done correctly  for sure is better in every way dB Poweramp is a verygoodripping source
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tomic601
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 @audioengr Steve do you have a similar excellent but also affordable optical cable ?

audioengr
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For Toslink cables I recommend this excellent one:

https://btpa.com/TOSLINK-XXX.htm

It's recommended to get at least one meter length to prevent overloading the Toslink receiver.

Steve N.

Empirical Audio

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richdirector
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Depends as everyone says on streamer etc. I like others use XLD with massive correction to rip and on my streamer it sounds a world apart better ..... but SACD on my Arcam CDS50 was pretty special. 

Streamer lets you get into Hi res files like 24 bit downloads which again step up. I also make a 24 bit recording (just side a / side b) of every new record I get as 24bit was files and I can then stream this throughout flat rather than just in main music Lounge.

BUT - so many cd are great quality
and if happy spend it on music.
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