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Every 2 years the CD drive accuracy list is updated.

AccurateRip collects data from all drives, normally this is only used to verify a disc is accurate, but can be reversed to calculate which drives are the most accurate (as measured by lowest % inaccurate tracks), on the basis that people who have a drive would have the same number of damaged disks as everyone else, on average. Top drives are:

Drive: HL-DT-ST - BD-RE  BH14NS48   (140 users):   Submissions: 10742 accurate, 29 inaccurate, 99.7308 % accuracy
Drive: MATSHITA - DVD-R   UJ-898   (202 users):   Submissions: 5931 accurate, 28 inaccurate, 99.5301 % accuracy
Drive: PIONEER  - BD-RW  BDR-S13JX   (75 users):   Submissions: 8654 accurate, 42 inaccurate, 99.5170 % accuracy
Drive: TSSTcorp - BDDVDW SE-506BB   (237 users):   Submissions: 5048 accurate, 29 inaccurate, 99.4288 % accuracy
Drive: MATSHITA - DVD-R   UJ-85J   (105 users):   Submissions: 5132 accurate, 31 inaccurate, 99.3996 % accuracy
Drive: PIONEER  - BD-RW  BDR-S11JX   (114 users):   Submissions: 8958 accurate, 58 inaccurate, 99.3567 % accuracy
Drive: MATSHITA - DVD-RAM UJ8G6   (80 users):   Submissions: 5778 accurate, 38 inaccurate, 99.3466 % accuracy
Drive: ASUS     - BC-12B1ST   (189 users):   Submissions: 4591 accurate, 32 inaccurate, 99.3078 % accuracy
Drive: Slimtype - DVD A  DA8AESH   (235 users):   Submissions: 4077 accurate, 29 inaccurate, 99.2937 % accuracy
Drive: PIONEER  - BD-RW   BDR-S09   (285 users):   Submissions: 28203 accurate, 205 inaccurate, 99.2784 % accuracy
Drive: HL-DT-ST - DVDRAM GT51N   (177 users):   Submissions: 5550 accurate, 41 inaccurate, 99.2667 % accuracy
Drive: hp       - DVDRW  GUB0N   (175 users):   Submissions: 4051 accurate, 30 inaccurate, 99.2649 % accuracy
Drive: PIONEER  - BD-RW  BDR-S12JX   (77 users):   Submissions: 11594 accurate, 90 inaccurate, 99.2297 % accuracy
Drive: MATSHITA - BD-CMB UJ160   (165 users):   Submissions: 10769 accurate, 84 inaccurate, 99.2260 % accuracy
Drive: ATAPI    - iHAS224   B   (101 users):   Submissions: 4192 accurate, 33 inaccurate, 99.2189 % accuracy
Drive: HL-DT-ST - DVD+-RW GT30N   (56 users):   Submissions: 21191 accurate, 169 inaccurate, 99.2088 % accuracy
Drive: MATSHITA - DVD-RAM UJ-812   (50 users):   Submissions: 6399 accurate, 52 inaccurate, 99.1939 % accuracy
Drive: ATAPI    - iHES208   2   (100 users):   Submissions: 7992 accurate, 70 inaccurate, 99.1317 % accuracy
Drive: PIONEER  - BD-RW   BDR-208M   (225 users):   Submissions: 11355 accurate, 100 inaccurate, 99.1270 % accuracy
Drive: PIONEER  - BD-RW   BDR-XD07   (224 users):   Submissions: 9877 accurate, 87 inaccurate, 99.1269 % accuracy

Full list: https://forum.dbpoweramp.com/forum/dbpoweramp/cd-ripper/337997-cd-drive-accuracy-2026

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Announcing General Availability of Windows MIDI Services, with support for MIDI 1.0 and 2.0
We’re excited to announce that Windows 11 now supports both MIDI 1.0 and MIDI 2.0 through Windows MIDI Services!
We’ve been working on MIDI over the past several years, completely rewriting decades of MIDI 1.0 code on Windows to both support MIDI 2.0 and make MIDI 1.0 amazing. This new combined stack is called “Windows MIDI Services.”
The Windows MIDI Services core components are built into Windows 11, rolling out through a phased enablement process now to in-support retail releases of Windows 11. This includes all the infrastructure needed to bring more features to existing MIDI 1.0 apps, and also support apps using MIDI 2.0 through our new Windows MIDI Services App SDK.

All of your existing MIDI 1.0-aware software just got even better, without needing any app updates!

New Windows MIDI Services core features:

• Use a MIDI device from multiple apps
• Customize your MIDI endpoints
• Connect apps with built-in loopback and app-to-app MIDI
• Use any device with any app with automatic MIDI 2.0 translation and scaling
• Get tighter message timing with timestamps and scheduled messages
• Use new devices with the new MIDI 1.0 and MIDI 2.0 USB class driver

Source: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2026/02/17/making-music-with-midi-just-got-a-real-boost-in-windows-11/
Git: https://github.com/microsoft/midi#readme

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In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud:



https://www.tomshardware.com/speakers/in-a-blind-test-audiophiles-couldnt-tell-the-difference-between-audio-signals-sent-through-copper-wire-a-banana-or-wet-mud-the-mud-should-sound-perfectly-awful-but-it-doesnt-notes-the-experiment-creator