Cd players always need to read data from the cd in realtime. In case of a bad disc, scratches etc. the player might not be able to extract the data quick enough. In order not to interrupt playback it uses automatic error correction. It guesses what the missing bits could be. Ripping on a pc however is not bound to this constraint as there is no demand for uninterrupted data flow. This means that hard to read parts of a cd can be read at a slower rate. I've seen rates drop to 0.1x of the normal playback speed. In most cases you will get a cleaner file from a pc rip than from recording the digital ouput from a cd player. There must be something substantially wrong with your cd-rom drive and/or your ripping software if the ripped files have audible deficiencies.
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