Re: [linux-audio-user] Digital CD Player for Linux

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Digital CD Player for Linux
From: Dave Price (davep_AT_kinaole.org)
Date: Mon Oct 22 2001 - 05:15:06 EEST


Faster CD-ROM drives (32,40x) are often louder, because they spin up and down more ... why not look for a nice older 6 or 8x ubit on the used market?

aloha,
dave

On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 11:05:01PM +1000, Andre Pang wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 04:52:48AM -0700, Krzys Majewski wrote:
>
> > Digitally extracting audio from a CD
> > > typically 'plays' the audio at much higher speeds than if you were
> > > actually just playing the song; some CD-ROMs can rip at >20x
> > > real-time speed. Your CD-ROM is spinning fast because it's
> > > ripping at faster-than-realtime speed. There's not much you can
> > > do about this other than get a CD-ROM that's a bit more quiet :).
> >
> > Hrm that's what I feared.. what are some quiet CD-ROMs?
>
> I have no idea. You can always check vendor webpages to find out
> the dBA that the CD-ROM produces, but it's probably easier just to
> walk into a shop and have a listen ...
>
>
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