Since the poster wants 100% log/cue rips, I believe TranceRoute has 0 and TranceTraffic has 0.
Actually, Rutracker's rules for lossless music torrents (one of the pinned topics on music section help board) declare that you must include log and cue file if they are present or run Audiochecker and provide a number of image samples of audio spectrum otherwise and use proper settings for ripping tools and mention the source of the rip. Rips without a log file or improper rips are marked "questionable" (with a number sign, #) instead of "verified" (√) and should be removed if and when proper rip appears.
I've seen many rips users made themselves, I've seen many rips reposted from other trackers, some stuff is from random internet sources. In case of groups with complex history of reprints and re-editions, people often mention that in comments and give some background (well, that's probably useless if you don't know Russian, I wouldn't rely on automatic translation). You can be sure they are not transcodes unless someone wastes his time on audio editing to cheat the system — but for what reason?
A) Audiochecker means nothing and spectrals are easily faked (just use a few good ones over and over again).
B) Including a log does not mean it's a proper log. Rutracker is full of rips without a test run, rips in burst mode, those insufferable single track .ape rips, etc.
I'm not saying good tracks don't exist there, you just need to be more vigilant.
The type of music that I listen to is basically Electric Zoo. Is there a tracker for that?
For sure, this is to what I was referring: http://www.madeevent.com/ElectricZoo...?REFID=madeweb
Something tells me that you've never uploaded/downloaded a single lossless torrent from RuT. It's so much underrated in terms of the quality of the lossless uploads just because it's not exclusive and it's not hard to seed at.
Actually, Rutracker has better quality control then What, On what users are allowed to upload Flac's without log but not on Rutracker, EAC/XLD logs are mandatory with every lossless upload along with a cue log if user is uploading tracks+.cue, moreover every single upload is checked and every single log is examined by the mods basis of which torrent gets a quality status.
It's impossible to upload a transcode and get a "trusted" torrent status.
Here's their wiki regarding the torrent statuses.
http://s61.radikal.ru/i174/1110/67/4cbb48891e72.jpg
On a side note, it doesn't defy the fact that there is an active system in place to prevent uploading transcodes.
Absolutely, Audiochecker is unreliable and there are some DSP plugins around to inject fake frequencies in the stream that will produce fake spectrals. Staff at Rutracker is aware of such issues thus these mediums are not considered to determine the genuineness of the upload.
Last edited by whatcdfan; 10-14-2011 at 12:43 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
Many of those are mainstream, so could be found just about everywhere. If you are happy with mp3 for live shows, then TranceTraffic is probably best bet. If you aren't into live shows at all, than Waffles/What are more than enough. You will also be able to find more lossless on those trackers.
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