Re: what do the error correction settings mean???

Hi Sam,
from a user perspective, the original command line program of cdparanoia 
  offers 3 levels:

"full paranoia", which is the default
"extra paranoia disabled", invoked with "-Y"
"paranoia entirely disabled",  invoked with "-Z"

If you see levels "0 to 3" you are using a front-end to cdparanoia. In 
any case you should use the "full paranoia" setting. This is especially 
advised for older CD-Rs, as they often need error correction.

You do not need to be concerned about cdparanoia filtering sound: a 
digital ripping program does not care about the sound recorded on the 
CD, only about extracting a correct digital copy. In other words, pink 
noise would be copied, and the result is the same pink noise sound.

HTH, Arnd