Kevin, That is my experience with Exact Audio Copy -- excellent piece of software. The disc extraction within Samplitude V8 also is excellent -- and, for my work flow, faster, since I'm in Samplitude all day, anyway. I have not done an actual bit-for-bit test, but, presumably, missing or flipped bits would, a good percentage of the time, be audible. I find no audible artifacts. EAC's reporting is superb. Even when it has problems, it recovers the audio file. Did anyone mention it's free? www.exactaudiocopy.de Cheers, Richard At 09:06 AM 3/17/2006, [log in to unmask] wrote: >So, if it is a bit-for-bit extraction with Exact Audio Copy the .wav >should be equal to what is on the disc. Both numerically and >sonically, right? Tape Restoration Seminar: MAY 9-12, 2006; details at Web site. Richard L. Hess email: [log in to unmask] Aurora, Ontario, Canada (905) 713 6733 1-877-TAPE-FIX Detailed contact information: http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm