Originally posted by ASTRIDPESHEK
It's popping up on major labels now. But, I can't see what all the hype is about. I took my friend's FAST & FURIOUS CD, put it into my CD Player that's connected to my PC soundcard, and recorded the music to MP3 with Streambox Ripper. Sounds just as good.

This new protection is a pretty lame attempt that can be thwarted by a "low tech" approach.

Yeah but you don't have digital quality, just an analog copy. And, no offense, but mp3 does not sounds as good as a real audio CD (DDD mastered). It is impossible to get the same music depth with this low tech approach. I would say: listen to the original CD and your copy on a studio monitor system (let's say B&W speakers with a Mos-Fet class AA amplifier and you will hear the difference.

There's a way to make a digital copy anyway: use the professional recording ecquipment from Marantz
(the 500, 631, 770 recorder)
they can edit the SCMS copy protection.
http://www.marantz.com/pdfs/e_cdr_cdr770.pdf
or from DENON: the DN-C550R ignores copy protection
http://www.denon.com/catalog/photo.a...PG&c=54 <br />
Only negative thing: these things are (very) expensive.