Pink Floyd - Meddle -1971- 1988 — -eac - Flac--oa...

Album:

Meddle Artist: Pink Floyd Release Year: 1971 Reissue Year: 1988 Encoding: EAC (Exact Audio Copy) Format: FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec)

A complete, proper rip should include:

FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec):

This confirms the audio is preserved in a lossless format. Unlike an MP3, no data has been stripped away; it is a 1:1 digital clone of the 1988 CD. Pink Floyd - Meddle -1971- 1988 -EAC - FLAC--oa...

pregap silence

Furthermore, a perfect EAC rip preserves the at the start of "One of These Days." There are exactly 1.8 seconds of absolute digital silence (not analog noise) before the iconic sliding bass note. A poorly executed MP3 transcode fills that silence with dither noise. Album: Meddle Artist: Pink Floyd Release Year: 1971

lossless audio rip

It looks like you’re referencing a of Pink Floyd’s Meddle (1971), likely from a 1988 CD pressing , ripped with Exact Audio Copy (EAC) into FLAC format—possibly part of a torrent or sharing naming convention ( --oa... might be a fragment of a release group or uploader ID). A poorly executed MP3 transcode fills that silence

1988 CD pressing

The original analog master tapes were transferred to digital multiple times. The (often the West German or Japanese “Black Triangle” issue) is prized because: