Poor import sound quality

My import settings are now set to AAC Encoder 128 kbps. Every Cd I import has popping, hissing and other noise issues on at least a couple of the tracks. What settings should I use to minimize this issue?

You may check with the manufacturer of your computer or disc drive to see if there is a firmware update for the drive.
If you have Sound Enhancer enabled, or equlizer - try and disable it to see if it gets better
128kbps .aac files shouldn't have these popings. You may try and enable Error correction and then re-import one of the bad sounding CD's to see if it helps.
To enable Error correction:
1. Choose Edit > Preferences
2. In the General pane, click Import settings
3. Select "Use error correction when reading CDs"
If nothing helps, try and select a higher bitrate in the Import settings (160kbps , 192kbps , 256kbps etc.)
Message was edited by: Thomas Sjöholm

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