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CD Balance and Ripping

I have one cd that gives me a hard time ripping because I believe it is not balanced very well. And I'm not talking about L-R balance either. Weight balance. This happens in both MJ-MC and EAC.

CD is: Godsmack - Godsmack. Problem I've had is at fast disc speeds during a rip it will actually shake the crap out of the cd drive. I've found a way to get around this with EAC. Insert disc, uncheck spin up drive from drive options. I also let the drive slow down before even attempting to rip, and go from there. In other words, leave EAC idle until the drive slows down from inserting the disc. I have another one, but forget what it is at the moment.

Have any of you had a problem like this? And how did you get around it?

Funny thing about this cd is it plays just fine on the stereo with no ill effects whatsoever.

CD Balance and Ripping

Reply #1 –
Yes, i have several of these. It just scares the hell out of you when you want to make a normal rip at maximal speed, sounds like the cd-rom can explode any minute. I have one where my whole desk & computer starts to vibrate.

I just use a lower extraction speed, so that the cd doesn't have to spin so fast.