I am experiencing issues with my CD rips. My disc drive is reading discs at the wrong index points. My drive’s read offset is apparently +6. I’ve asked the people at the dbpoweramp forums about this and the ultimate conclusion of my thread was that they don’t know what’s up and I should buy another drive and experiment with it to see if this happens.
I’ve noticed that on gapless albums or albums with very few or no zero samples between tracks, part of a previous track will be at the beginning of a new track, therefore making for an unpleasant beginning to a song. In some instances, it is quite apparent, and in others, it is subtle, but it’s noticeable to me and I want to fix it. Apparently, I’m not supposed to be able to hear the effects of my read offset no matter how high or low the value is.
I have provided below some audio snippets to give you a clear example of what I’m dealing with. If possible, you should listen with headphones to get the best idea of what is happening. The first snippet is a recording of playback from Spotify, which has the correct starting and ending points for songs because the music on there is not from a CD rip. The second snippet is from one of my rips. You can clearly hear what sounds like a pop at the beginning of the song, but that is just part of the song that came before it being attached to its beginning.
I’ve found a few other threads on various sites that prove other people are dealing with this but I’m not 100% sold on the idea that there is little I can do about it.
To quote a thread from Audio Asylum -
Accurate Rip rips are simply not accurate. If the term "accurate" translates to "1:1 copies".
This is not a question or questionable. It's a fact (if you followed that discussion with EAC designer Wiethoff).
Parts of one track get attached to another track. That's a flaw. It's as simple as that. If there's any audible impact is a different question.
ACR produces "identical" rips. In doing this ACR is pretty consistent though. Obviously "identical" doesn't necessarily mean "accurate".
It's up 2 you to simply ignore it.
I bet. It's gonna be bugging "the perfectionists" around. FMAK confirmed it already.
And it's bugging me, since I was always assuming the rips were "accurate" - as the name suggests.
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Does anyone know what is causing this? I should mention that my rips are being reported as accurate. Help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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kirbydoo
Hi all,
I am experiencing issues with my CD rips. My disc drive is reading discs at the wrong index points. My drive’s read offset is apparently +6. I’ve asked the people at the dbpoweramp forums about this and the ultimate conclusion of my thread was that they don’t know what’s up and I should buy another drive and experiment with it to see if this happens.
I’ve noticed that on gapless albums or albums with very few or no zero samples between tracks, part of a previous track will be at the beginning of a new track, therefore making for an unpleasant beginning to a song. In some instances, it is quite apparent, and in others, it is subtle, but it’s noticeable to me and I want to fix it. Apparently, I’m not supposed to be able to hear the effects of my read offset no matter how high or low the value is.
I have provided below some audio snippets to give you a clear example of what I’m dealing with. If possible, you should listen with headphones to get the best idea of what is happening. The first snippet is a recording of playback from Spotify, which has the correct starting and ending points for songs because the music on there is not from a CD rip. The second snippet is from one of my rips. You can clearly hear what sounds like a pop at the beginning of the song, but that is just part of the song that came before it being attached to its beginning.
Spotify - Train Wreck Spotify.wav
My rip -Train Wreck CD Rip.wav
Here is another example -
Spotify - Enya Spotify.wav
My rip - Enya CD Rip.wav
I’ve found a few other threads on various sites that prove other people are dealing with this but I’m not 100% sold on the idea that there is little I can do about it.
To quote a thread from Audio Asylum -
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