From: MrT@home   
      
   "Arny Krueger"  wrote in message   
   news:Gb2dnfiJWeq50jrRnZ2dnUVZ_iydnZ2d@giganews.com...   
   > When CDs differ significantly, they are either vastly different, which is   
   > usually due to remastering. This fact bears on the OP's basic question.   
      
   Right, but not always "vastly different", depending on your definition of   
   that term of course.   
      
      
   > CDs often differ in the amount of zero padding at the beginning or end,   
   > which the EAC and CDEX file comparison utilities handle very nicely.   
      
   Not when the source was analog and extra "silence" on any track may NOT   
   necessarily be at zero byte level.  EAC etc file comparisons cannot ignore   
   that. Only IF the digital source files used for the pressing are identical   
   will such comparisons work, however the *audible sound quality* may still be   
   identical, even IF they don't.   
      
   MrT.   
      
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