zeropc said:
2. multiple capture of the same file - 3 to be precise and they all looked the same. there was no change in the waveforms hight or what not...
Looked the same?!?
Your eyes can deceive you-- don't trust them.
Let the computer compare the data byte-for-byte.
Computers are good at that sort of thing.
Windows ships with FC.EXE (File Compare) while UN*X derivatives have their cmp (CoMPare).
OSX should have cmp command, yes?
Exact Audio Copy (EAC) offers a graphical interface to compare 16/44.1 WAVs sample-for-sample.
Cross-platform shntool is my personal favorite
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