greynol

Aquarium,

Please realize that I mean you no disrespect, but it doesn't seem to me that you understand what an offset does to audio data.

If you don't mind me asking, were your tests sighted or blind?

IOW, did you know ahead of time what it was that you were listening to?

If yes, I recommend you use an ABX test to deteremine if you really hear a difference or if your mind is playing tricks on you. It is clear to me that the latter is true.

foobar2000 is a good player that allows you to perform ABX tests which you can use on the source files used to burn your copies.

It would also be useful for you to know that it is very easy to obtain two copies of the same CD that differ only by an offset, just like we're discussing here. Do you really think one is going to sound better than the other?