Requesting DVD/CD Drive Picks For Audio Rip Quality

[luigi2000]

My old Pioneer 107D did an excellent job of ripping audio. After three years the DVD laser stopped writing. So I purchased a Pioneer 111D. This drive plays/records DVD with good media fine; however the CD audio rips are disappointing. At random intervals there is distortion in the resulting wav or mp3 files. Intermittent distortion (digital smearing for a quarter second) is audible every five to fifteen minutes at slow 4x rips with Winamp. The distortion happens more often at faster rip speeds. I tried Prassi Ones and got the same bad rip result.

Did I get a lemon drive or is this $35 model terrible at audio?

What make and model would the readers of this forum recommend for DVD and CD playback and record?

Thank you.

P. S.
I just updated the firmware from Pioneer 1.23 to Pioneer 1.29; but I have not yet tested the drive. In any case, I would like to know the opinions of the forum members.

[budz]

post your question at the PIONEER FORUM at CdFreaks.com.

[bacardi/avt]

I would go with budz recommendation first, but I have alwas had good quality and speed using Cdex and a Plextor writer (at the moment a Plextor 760A).

I tried ripping a normal CD yesterday and it does a song in about 10 sec to MP3 @ 192 kbps VBR J-Stereo, wich I find rater fast.

[Alex_ander]

Try EAC (Exact Audio Copy), it is the only recommended software (for its error detection/correction methods) on music collector sites.