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    Re: CD Spec vs Ripper Configuration

    Glad to hear you found my difficult journey into quality ripping useful! FYI, I got my brand new PX-230A from eSaitech in California. Not exactly cheap, as this is now a discontinued model. Mine was...
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    Re: CD Spec vs Ripper Configuration

    Great Spoon... sounds like a wrap to this thread then!
    Best regards
    Norrie
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    Re: CD Spec vs Ripper Configuration

    New Berlioz CD has arrived... first the good news! All six tracks now rip successfully first time, but not with the result I expected. dBpoweramp stated that my original disc was in the AccurateRip...
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    Re: CD Spec vs Ripper Configuration

    OK Spoon. Ultra Passes set to 1,2 & 1 with Individual Bad Frames at 60, probably higher than it actually needs to be.

    Incidentally, while my TSST Corp TS-H532C initially functioned OK when...
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    Re: Rip Status "Complete"

    Thanks... understood.
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    OK Spoon, will revert back to 60 Re-reads Max. Before I wrap this discussion, would you be kind enough to comment on my settings as you are obviously familiar with this drive model. Particularly on...
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    Re: CD Spec vs Ripper Configuration

    OK Spoon, point taken re firmware! Can anyone else comment on the importance of moving to v1.03 based on their own experience? Might be academic anyway as I have failed to find a download source for...
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    Rip Status "Complete"

    If I insert my "Gregorian Moods" disc to dBpoweramp, all 19 tracks are listed on AMG, GD3 & freedb although the album name and cover art are shown as "Gregorian Chillout, Disc 2". So almost certainly...
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    Re: CD Spec vs Ripper Configuration

    Thanks Spoon, I also reckoned a few minutes would be enough to detect C2 Support, so something is clearly wrong! Checked "8KB USB Transfers" box, clicked on "Detect C2 Support". After about 15...
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    Re: CD Spec vs Ripper Configuration

    THIRD DRIVE
    Now some two months on from my first tests with two optical drives and dBpoweramp software, I have just installed a brand new Plextor PX-230A CD-RW into a Rock 5.25" USB 2.0 Enclosure....
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    Re: CD Spec vs Ripper Configuration

    Having been away since my last post, and with a brand new PX230A due to arrive here on Monday, would anyone care to comment on my previous post re a suitable USB 2.0 enclosure for it?
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    Re: CD Spec vs Ripper Configuration

    Correction! It's the Belkin, not the Rock, that is reputed to have a "bad chipset". Sorry for error.
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    Re: CD Spec vs Ripper Configuration

    After time spent reading and re-reading posts on this forum and elsewhere, and a fair bit of web research, I decided to heed the experts' advice! I now have a Plextor model PX230A SW-BL on order,...
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    Re: CD Spec vs Ripper Configuration

    Thanks Brendan, much as I expected re USB & FW. I'll probably play safe and replace my internal TSSTcorp TS-H532C. Unfortunately the combination of continued great weather here, a large demanding...
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    Re: CD Spec vs Ripper Configuration

    Brendan, point taken re testing drives! Yes, I do understand re 552 variants. I guess I really now need to use what I have learnt from you and the others on this forum and "bite the bullet", but with...
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    Re: Hello :) Another Basic Introduction

    Hi Bruibrivy.
    It is an "interesting place"! I can't believe what I have picked up about CD Ripping in general and optical drives in particular in a short time, thanks to the patience of the other...
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    Re: CD Spec vs Ripper Configuration

    Spoon, you refer to the Teac 224 range! I can only find the DW-224E which certainly is an Internal EIDE drive, but unfortunately it seems to be a Slim model intended for Notebooks. I assume this...
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    Re: CD Spec vs Ripper Configuration

    Very interesting point re laser, Brendan. Perhaps a dedicated CD-RW for ripping will give a better chance of a clean rip than a drive designed to handle DVDs as well! This would rule out the Samsungs...
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    Re: CD Spec vs Ripper Configuration

    Thanks Eli. Only problem with your SH-223B suggestion is that it has a SATA interface. Unfortunately I have no free SATA headers on my mobo. The existing optical drives mentioned earlier in this...
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    Re: CD Spec vs Ripper Configuration

    Thanks Spoon, I agree re C2 Pointers from my reading on this and other similar forums. It seems to be a mandatory feature for good audio rips!

    But how does one tell if a particular drive model has...
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    Re: CD Spec vs Ripper Configuration

    Q1) Any comment re PX-860A as replacement for my TS-H352C, or any alternative recommendation? I have researched this Plextor model and it looks good, and is readily available. But not sure if it 100%...
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    Re: CD Spec vs Ripper Configuration

    Hi spoon
    FLAC is my chosen format.
    As for Q3, I have now found a setting in MediaMonkey that may be the answer... Tools | Options | Output Plug-ins, Configure button and uncheck "Remove silence at...
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    Re: CD Spec vs Ripper Configuration

    Thanks to bhoar and spoon for sharing their vast dBpoweramp experience. I do hope other readers find this thread of interest!

    OK re Drive Read Cache size testing. I understand what you are saying....
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    Re: CD Spec vs Ripper Configuration

    Using the Philips DVD8701, and with Drive Read Cache entry in dBpoweramp set to 128KB, I have now re-ripped my Berlioz Te Deum disc, with this result...
    Ultra Secure Mode:-
    Track 1 Accurate (4)...
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    Re: CD Spec vs Ripper Configuration

    OK, many thanks bhoar. I thought that my last rip reading all six tracks successfully might be too good to be true! So given my cachex.exe result in my earlier post, with an 18KB max, presumably 2 to...
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