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Can someone explain the real difference between an audio CD and a data CD?
I seen mentions of things like "jitter correction" etc. that I don't
really understand, I have a somewhat decent grip on data cd's but as for
audio --- are these made differently or what?


> Ask Amancio about the quality of CD-ROM drives, and you'll be
> surprised to learn that even in the SCSI world, only the best of them
> are really high-quality enough for digital audio reading.  Forget
> about the low-end drives at all, if CD-DA is your desire.