I have tried to determine the read offset of my drive but got many different results.
From the 7 cd that was in the EAC db I only got the same result twice.

So my question is: is this enough to conclude that this is the right offset?

EAC returned these offsets:
839
-1011
988
572 x 2
83
326

try to contact the Author and check with him, which (if any) pressings of the CDs are exactly the same with both of you... I mean that different "editions" of the same album (even with the same tracks etc.) pressed in different factories may (and probably will) differ.

well, but isn't it supose to be the same pressing if it's the same number in the inner circle?

and how else should I identify the cd if not by this number?

+572 seems a very sensible offset

Edit : I'm telling this because it's a common value, not because you got it twice.

yeah, but still:
how many idetical results would you say that I would need, statistically, to conclude that I've got the right one?

If these two ones come from different CDs from different lables, made in different factories, you can assume it's the good offset.

If they come from the same factory or the same label, I'd try to find a third one.

ok, thanks.

I got 2 more cd's giving 572 as read offset now...

the offset I got are these:

839
-1011
988
572 x 4
83
326
578
-135


Can I conclude that I got the right one now?

Yes, unless they are all re-issues made in the same studio and pressed in the same factory and made directly from the four exact original CD used in EAC's database, in which case they would be all wrong by exactly the same amount of samples

I take that as a yes...



PS.: I hate monolopy!!! the clock is 2:53 and I have just lost...