Rip a CD even with automatic normalization, using FairStars CD Ripper
FairStars CD Ripper is a free program you can use for ripping audio CD tracks to WMA, MP3, OGG, VQF, FLAC, APE and WAV formats on-the-fly.
Main features: Rips CD to WMA, MP3, OGG, VQF, FLAC, APE and WAV on-the-fly, even with automatic volume adjustment (normalization) during ripping;
automatic saving of ID3 Tags when converting – ID3 tags display and edit; Query and submit CD disc information from/to the freedb (the Internet Compact Disc Database); Audio Playback control function.
Unfortunately FairStars ripper sometimes crashes during an rip session.