The correction in a CD is NOT in the DAC. The correction is in the encoding of the CD data - IF it plays back it is lossless! This is Reed-Solomon encoding and the way it works is that the data is NOT serially encoded, it is interleaved with a type of checksum that makes it possible to recreate a certain amount of missing data. Beyond that amount, you get an audible glitch.
So, the "correction" takes place in the uproccessor chip that *reads* the data from the CD itself.
No DACs that I am aware of do ANY error correction at all. It is possible that the Digital filters (they do upsampling) *may* have some sort of provison for making sure the bits that get in, get out, but they don't do error correction afaik.
A digital to digital copy, done with EAC or a similar program, should be identical to the original.Pro gear or not, if the data is identical, it is identical.
The question of how it sounds will depend upon some details that include jitter on *playback* - and that will in turn depend upon the details inside the particular unit chosen for the playback chore.
It is possible that on the mastering end that some details that are related to the clocks used in the transfer *can* have an effect on the final product. This was a big problem early on in the CD duplication industry, but presumably has been identified and eliminated.
Having said all that - in practice all bets are off. Ymmv.
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So, the "correction" takes place in the uproccessor chip that *reads* the data from the CD itself.
No DACs that I am aware of do ANY error correction at all. It is possible that the Digital filters (they do upsampling) *may* have some sort of provison for making sure the bits that get in, get out, but they don't do error correction afaik.
A digital to digital copy, done with EAC or a similar program, should be identical to the original.Pro gear or not, if the data is identical, it is identical.
The question of how it sounds will depend upon some details that include jitter on *playback* - and that will in turn depend upon the details inside the particular unit chosen for the playback chore.
It is possible that on the mastering end that some details that are related to the clocks used in the transfer *can* have an effect on the final product. This was a big problem early on in the CD duplication industry, but presumably has been identified and eliminated.
Having said all that - in practice all bets are off. Ymmv.
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