Static noise when ripping CDs

MouthBoy · 10 Feb 2017 at 11:46

Hi All,

I rip all my CDs at FLAC using MusicBee, I have never had an issue with doing this.

Today I went to listen to Dire Straits Brothers In Arms and noticed that the rip had static noise on it all. I placed the CD into my Technics CD player and it sounds fine, so I deleted the FLAC files and reripped, but again it has static noises.

Any ideas?

EDIT: Just to add, playing the CD through the PC directly also sounds fine.

Armageus · 10 Feb 2017 at 11:53

Are you sure it's not the FLAC playback that is where the static is being introduced?

Can't see how extracting digital data and writing a digital file can introduce any kind of extra noise.

MouthBoy · 10 Feb 2017 at 11:54

Armageus;30490025 said:
Are you sure it's not the FLAC playback that is where the static is being introduced?

Can't see how extracting digital data and writing a digital file can introduce any kind of extra noise.

How would I know if it was the FLAC playback? How can I check? Like I say I have not heard this before.

Armageus · 10 Feb 2017 at 11:55

Try playing the FLACs on another PC or device

MouthBoy · 10 Feb 2017 at 11:58

Well I just reripped the files at a slower read and they now sound fine. Could it be that I was ripping at max speed?

MouthBoy · 10 Feb 2017 at 12:15

This has got me thinking now, what settings should I use for FLAC?

I literally just used the FLAC settings preset in MusicBee, but now a few google searches suggest I should play a little with the settings. Any truth behind this?

joeyjojo · 10 Feb 2017 at 12:16

Try ripping again with EAC (free) or dbPowerAmp (paid, but worth it IMO).

FLAC defaults should all be fine, level 5 compression IIRC and nothing else.