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Dropout when ripping CDs to wav or applelossless

I have been experiencing dropouts on CDs which are very annoying and not noted on my CD player, MF Nuvista. I have ripped the CDs with iTunes to applelossless with error correction and with XLD as .wav files. In the XLD log, I note the track has jitter error (maybe fixed). How can I correct this problem. Is there a setting error I am missing or a program that I can run over tracks with this problem.

FYI: I am using a 2011 mac mini, 8gb memory, 256 ssd harddrive and the music files are stored on mirrored 1 TB lacie hard drives connected by firewire. The output is upsampled in pure music (HOG mode) and sent out a 2.0 USB to W4S Dac-2 via their custom USB interconnect between the mac and the dac.

Thank you for your thoughts.
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onhwy61
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Nothing is wrong with using a Mini as your platform.

I use iTunes to rip and out of 14,000 songs only 6 have dropouts. That's such a low failure rate that I haven't even tried going to more robust ripping programs. If you're getting a high rate of failed rips, then I suspect it's your ROM drive. You also might try using a CD cleaner. I use Shinola, but I assume others are also effective.
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