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Dr.Khron
30th December 2007, 15:50
I've decided to re-rip my entire CD collection in FLAC.

About half way through, my old Pioneer DVD-106S finally gave up the ghost and died. This drive was very good for ripping audio, beucase it supported Accurate Stream and C2 error info, which as far as I know are important to getting accurate rips (specially with old, scratched discs)

I havn't bought new optical drives in along time, so all I have is a bunch of old IDE drives, none of which support Accurate Stream AND C2 error info. Not even the DVD burner, and thats the newest at 2 years old.


Can someone please recomend a good drive for ripping audio CDs to FLAC with EAC?

I don't care if its a burner or not, as long as it has those two features, and rips well. I also want SATA only, no sense in going backwards.
I know that Plextor made good stuff back in the day, but the current models on NewEgg have mixed feedback. I thought that this might be a nice choice:
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827135143

I like having two drives, so I might buy 1 reader and one burner, or maybe just 2 DVDRs, I dunno. Any advice is appreciated.
mr soft
30th December 2007, 20:19
Hi
I don't think the drive is as important as the method.
Your already using E.A.C and going for flac format.
IŽd check that my cables coming from the drive were going to a nice sound card and not on board first.
I started recording my music with a pioneer 106 and later switched to a cheap lg.
I couldŽnt hear the difference running through sennheiser hd415 headphones.
I read somewhere that liteon had good scanning capability's.
Ps your link is bringing up an error.
Dr.Khron
31st December 2007, 03:22
Yeah, I kind of like slot-loaders, specially for a HTPC. Too bad they don't make them anymore.

I know that a cheap drive won't sound any different, as an accurate rip is an accurate rip. The issue is error correction, some of my old CDs are scratched, and the 106S was very good at correcting for them.
(meaning that I could pass the AccurateRip checksums, even though EAC found errors on it)