> Audio CDs use an interleaved Reed-Solomon error > correction encoding so the data for any sample will be spread along the > length of the "groove". > > http://web.usna.navy.mil/~wdj/reed-sol.htm I'm currently reading the autobiography of Irving S. Reed (From Alaska to Algorithms-Xlibris ISBN: 1-4134-6222-7). His Granddaughter is a co-worker of mine. -Matt Sohn