I did a single test today comparing 5 tracks being extracted from a live music burnt CDR.
Test 1 - XLD with default "Include pregap in the end of the previous track" setting
Test 2 - XLD with "Exclude pregap from output"
Test 3 - EAC
I then made shntool md5s of the five tracks I extracted (the first five on the CD). The st5s from Test 1 and Test 3 matched.
So, that's a starting point.
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