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  • PJC58
    • Nov 2019
    • 4

    Ripped cds are of poor quality or hardly audible

    am baffled having followed instructions and configuration to the letter . The cds have apparently ripped accurately error free but when files are transferred to a new Astell &kerns Kann cube and a Brennan 2 b the quality of sound when played on home hi fi is very very poor and just about audible respectively . The set up at home has been checked by the high end installer and I’ve played the Kann cube on their set up in their listening studio and it is just as bad . I am clearly doing something very wrong . When I play the cd through the original CD player , quality through lavardin amp and kef speakers is wonderful.
    I haven’t been able to determine whether the external cd dive supports c2 error pointers so I have deselected that option. I didn’t get a prompt to do the offset for AccurateRip but the ripping procedure reports successful ripping with accurate rip reports so nothing seems amiss there either .

    I apologise for this very open rambling question but I wonder has anyone encountered something similar .
    And yes ,I am a complete dunce on such matters but believe me I have spent days trying to work it out myself before taking this last resort . Any suggestions gratefully received .
  • Spoon
    Administrator
    • Apr 2002
    • 43891

    #2
    Re: Ripped cds are of poor quality or hardly audible

    If your rips are verified by AccurateRip and you are not using any DSP effects, then the audio in the file is 100% correct.

    Which format are you ripping to?
    Spoon
    www.dbpoweramp.com

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    • PJC58
      • Nov 2019
      • 4

      #3
      Re: Ripped cds are of poor quality or hardly audible

      Thank you . Format selected is FLAC

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      • PJC58
        • Nov 2019
        • 4

        #4
        Re: Ripped cds are of poor quality or hardly audible

        Am using the DSP options of Replay Gain and HDCD as prompted by illustrate instructions

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        • Spoon
          Administrator
          • Apr 2002
          • 43891

          #5
          Re: Ripped cds are of poor quality or hardly audible

          Try as a test:

          remove those dsp effects

          if still not sounding right, try ripping to wave
          Spoon
          www.dbpoweramp.com

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          • garym
            dBpoweramp Guru
            • Nov 2007
            • 5742

            #6
            Re: Ripped cds are of poor quality or hardly audible

            No suggestions, but something is odd. The ripped FLACs should sound identical to the CD. There are settings in the HDCD that affect volume. As spoon says, rip without the HDCD DSP.

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            • PJC58
              • Nov 2019
              • 4

              #7
              Re: Ripped cds are of poor quality or hardly audible

              Originally posted by garym
              No suggestions, but something is odd. The ripped FLACs should sound identical to the CD. There are settings in the HDCD that affect volume. As spoon says, rip without the HDCD DSP.
              Will do thank you all

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