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  • nmw01223

    • Jul 2026
    • 1

    #1

    Distortion after ripping CD

    Just found this forum, and as I have a problem I cannot explain, I thought I'd ask a question.

    Using W11, I'm getting distortion after ripping CD track - the CDs are ones I created years ago, CD-Rs. Cannot remember what I did, but probably placed WAV tracks in a directory, created a .CUE file, and burned the CDs with I gBurn. What I find is, if I just play the tracks on the computer directly from the CD they are fine. But, if I RIP them (FLAC or WAV), then play them, they are distorted.

    It first showed up when I was duplicating a CD for a friend using ImgBurn, and the copy was bad quality. But then I found that just ripping a track and playing it (Media Player, Windows Media Player) sounded just as bad, so it's the ripping, not the writing of a CD, that is the issue. Tried Exact Audio Copy, no different.

    Cannot see why, it's the same CD drive, same computer audio. Very odd.
  • Spoon-
    Administrator
    • Apr 2002
    • 46102

    #2
    Many drives struggle to read CD-R audio, dvd has a smaller laser than audio cd players, and blueray has smaller again. Try different CD drives, older ones.
    Spoon-
    www.dbpoweramp.com

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