How is it possible that a laptop can read a CD flawlessly, but every other device I've tried the CD on skips at certain parts? - eviltoast

I’ve had this CD for ages. Decades. It would always skip at a certain parts on two of its tracks. I’ve never in my life heard the full CD because of this reason, always having to skip forward to the next track.

I’ve listened to it on at least four different devices, among them a very large Sony home stereo system. I’ve always thought the CD was faulty.

But today, I ripped the CD on a cheap old laptop and guess what. For the first time in my life I heard the whole uninterrupted tracks. What is this sorcery? Can someone explain?

  • Vqhm@lemmy.world
    5·
    11 months ago

    Yea Exact Audio Copy in secure mode will re-read each sector double-checking results until it has a consistent perfect rip. It takes a little while longer, but the results are worth it.

    • Grass@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      11 months ago

      I borrowed the entire CD collections of a few friends to do this a while back. It took so long but it was probably worth jt. The worst part is when you forget about it and it sits idle for days before you remember and swap to the next disc.