So there I was, merrily ripping away my cd collection on my new PC and at the end of the day listining to my music on my:
Dell XPS 8100 / Win 7 Ultimate / MC 15.0.163
Iomega 2tb esata back up
Ayre QB-9
Ayre K5xe
Mark Levinson 432
Revel Studio 2
Day 1, configure system and software to Computer Audiophile instructions - Exclusive mode, WASAPI, secure rip, FLAC-level 6, 24 bit, no resampling ...
Start ripping and end of day play back - lovely!
All is well!
Day 2, continue ripping but at end of day Brandenberg Concerto will not rip and MC locks up - have to use task manager to end MC. Try ripping Brandenberg on other Vista PC and all is well.
Day 3, continue ripping music but Brandenberg puts CD drive into a high speed mode that cannot be shut down. Task manager won't open and Win7 shut down locks up - after ~20 min. pull plug!
Day 4, play back of ripped music is corrupt. Everything recoreded after day 1 has hiss/stutter/reduced volume output. CD's played in the CD drive continue to produce excellent playback as well as Internet radio.
I have checked all settings but cannot find the fault so I suspect either computer error or, more likely, operator error.
Please offer any guidance you may have short of cliff jumping!
Thank you,
Stan