It's a known issue, for example https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,96031.0.html https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,96031.0.html from 2012 discusses it.

It's a known issue, for example https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,96031.0.html https://hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,96031.0.html from 2012 discusses it. You can render Audacity safe for lossless audio editing by changing the default "quality" settings to match your data format and disabling dithering. Here's the settings I use for lossless editing of CD audio: https://i.imgur.com/a7VqOuj.png https://i.imgur.com/a7VqOuj.png