Scott Frans: how do PC CD-ROM players compare with "audiophile quality" audio CD players?
Very very poorly. I haven't seen single PC-CDROM beating my beloved Harman/Kardon HD 760.
Audio is much simpler to process - compared to all the factors playing in in video.
You can get (often very) good quality with digital extraction of audio tracks, good audio card (e.g. Turtle Beach or Creative Live/Audigy/Value), pair of good hi-fi speakers, good amplifier and good cables. That what I use for my computer audio needs ;-)
P.S. Surprisingly to me, I didn't found USB sound cards to perform better than their PCI relatives. USB latencies are definitely adding noticeable jitter.
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Scott Frans: how do PC CD-ROM players compare with "audiophile quality" audio CD players?
Very very poorly. I haven't seen single PC-CDROM beating my beloved Harman/Kardon HD 760.
Audio is much simpler to process - compared to all the factors playing in in video.
You can get (often very) good quality with digital extraction of audio tracks, good audio card (e.g. Turtle Beach or Creative Live/Audigy/Value), pair of good hi-fi speakers, good amplifier and good cables. That what I use for my computer audio needs ;-)
P.S. Surprisingly to me, I didn't found USB sound cards to perform better than their PCI relatives. USB latencies are definitely adding noticeable jitter.