I'm familiar with DVD Video. In that case, we're talking files. Pure files
where they either read in error free, or they fail.

In the case of CD-DA tracks, that's not the case. Correct? If not files,
then what are the tracks, physically, that you read into your computer and
write to the hard drive as WAV files?



"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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Pat wrote:

Can an Audio CD be read back, exactly as it was written?

Yes, bit perfect.

I have seen some discussion that its not possible, due to the way a
commercial CD-A is made.

I general, a bit-perfect copy of a CDA track can be written to a hard
drive.
The resulting .wav file can be burned onto a new CD, and the original
track
and the copy track can be identical down to the last bit.

I've done this many times. I often use this test as a means to judge the
quality of CD ROM drives and software for copying audio tracks to hard
drives.