Copying bad(?) audio CDs

[piano632]

Not sure if this is the right place to be asking this, but does anyone have any tips on how to read an audio CD where there is possibly a defective track? I have 2 CDs I'm having problems with 1 track on each. These are pressed CDs (no copy protection) with no visible scratches. They play OK on a CD player, but when I try to copy them on a computer drive, these 2 tracks will give a read error using Exact Audio Copy. I have tried 3 different drives (Mitsumi, Pioneer, LiteOn) and they all fail on these 2 tracks. Any magic solution for ripping these tracks, or are these CDs really defective?

[ttyner]

If youi want to rip it to MP3, etc., you might try a different ripper like CDex,
freeware from http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/

If you want to copy it, try CloneCD which will make an exact copy.
Since the original plays properly in your CD player the clone shoul too.
http://www.slysoft.com/en/

[DRP]

Bad CDs do exist - they are rare, but they do exist. I myself have 2 in my collection of 150 odd as well. One by R.E.M. and another by Pink Floyd. They play fine in any audio player but there is one track on each that won't rip without error in secure mode.

I researched it, and many other people around the world with the exact same manufactured batch of CD reported exactly the same error, so it is a manufacturing fault.

Don't try using another ripping tool, you're already using the best and another one won't help at all. The only thing you can do is to rip the offending tracks in a less secure mode at the slowest possible speed your drive will allow. Try EAC's synchronised mode first or as a last resort burst mode and force the speed of the drive to the lowest setting there is to prevent it going into warp speed.

This will rip the CD the same way you hear it basically when it plays in an audio deck. You won't notice the difference but it'll get you over the errors.