How does a CD 'transport' differ from a standard computer cd-rom drive?

Subject: How does a CD 'transport' differ from a standard computer cd-rom drive?

Date: Mon Dec 25 20:54:54 2000
Posted by Al Nicol
Grade level: undergrad School: No school entered.
City: Southampton State/Province: No state entered. Country: UK
Area of science: Computer Science
ID: 977795694.Cs

Message:


Some audio manufacturers sell CD transports, which simply read an audio CD 
and output a digital signal (optical or spdif). These sell for up to 
$6000. My computer reads files from a CD and outputs the data with no 
errors (or else I'd get corrupt files). What is the difference in quality 
(if any) in output between digital audio off a cd-rom using a $40 cd-rom 
drive and a $6000 cd transport reading a standard audio cd (assuming they 
both output digital to an external DAC)?

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