ITunes Match:  Fixing Damaged Audio Quality CDs

I'm contemplating setting up an iTunes Match account.
I have ~20GB of music and counting, so it would be pretty convient/backup. $25/year sounds nice too. Just got an AppleTV so I can stream from my TV.
However, I have a question:  sometimes I burn a CD, the audio quality gets damaged sometimes (like a tiny blip, just enought to be annoying). If you use iTunes match, would you be able to re-download the damaged song fixed?
The way I figure, iTunes match matches (duh) the song with that on its database, so the source song Apple has is undamaged. Would I be correct?

RadioactiveLog wrote:
I have ~20GB of music and counting, so it would be pretty convient/backup. $25/year sounds nice too. Just got an AppleTV so I can stream from my TV.
Read this: FAQ:  Why iTunes Match can NOT be used as a backup!
RadioactiveLog wrote:
However, I have a question:  sometimes I burn a CD, the audio quality gets damaged sometimes (like a tiny blip, just enought to be annoying). If you use iTunes match, would you be able to re-download the damaged song fixed?
The way I figure, iTunes match matches (duh) the song with that on its database, so the source song Apple has is undamaged. Would I be correct?
That "blip" may not necessarily be caused by a "damaged" audio file. It could have simply been a skip while the audio CD was being burned. So downloading a "matched" track would not necessarily fix the issue.

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