Has anyone performed CRC tests or otherwise confirmed that the EAC secure mode does give perfect rips from compromized discs if there are no errors detected?

This came to my mind as I was ripping a badly scratched CD (circular scratches made by somebody's bad player I guess). EAC ended up ripping the affected song for two or three hours and finally finished with "no errors". I can't hear anything wrong with it but that's no proof.

I'm sure there must many threads about this but didn't find any - the problem is there are too many EAC threads.

Having so much experience, I think a 100,0% security is never possible...
What I do:
Rip is considered "perfect", if
-accuraterip reports "accurately ripped" (the most secure case)
-if accurip isn't available, CRC must be OK and track quality must be 100,0%
If neither of the two above is the case, I extract a second time (e.g. in burst mode) and compare the results. If identical, rip is considered perfect.
If the CD is scratched and it isn't possible to get a sensible rip other than in secure mode and with a lot of error correction, I try to get two (or more) identical results from different sources-the more different the sources, the better (e.g. rips from two different drives).

If 1st and 2nd rip is bit identical, it is perfect rip, at least that is the maximum you can get with the drive.

it is even better if you have 2 drives, if the 1st drive and the 2nd drive is bit identical, then it can be considered perfect, but there will be offset difference.



WOW you actually rip a CD for 2 to 3 hours!!!
sometimes, if the CD is too scratched, too many uncorrectable errors, it is better to use BURST.....try different drives too, compare the results by listening it!!! Keep the one with least clicks and pops