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How do you guys rip your CD's?
Nov 26, 2011 at 6:36 PM Post #31 of 54
foobar2000+tak encoder for lossless archival. so long as you use something with accuraterip support, it doesn't really matter.
 
i use vorbis @ q5 (~160kbps) on my portables.
 
Nov 26, 2011 at 8:56 PM Post #33 of 54
dbPowerAmp to ALAC.  I find dbPowerAmp's error correction to be just as good as EACs.  It's easier to use and accesses multiple databases for metadata.  EAC's error reporting is better so if I'm having problems getting a clean rip, I'll rip in EAC to WAV and convert with dbPowerAmp.
 
Nov 27, 2011 at 1:47 AM Post #34 of 54
What's the best way to rip CDs with a Mac? Is iTunes -> Lossless good enough? or are there better mac programs for ripping my CD collection?
 
Nov 27, 2011 at 1:09 PM Post #35 of 54
I use Foobar to rip to flac as well,  which then syncs to google music, but really I mostly just listen to the discs away from my computer over at the stereo due to having my refrigerator, fluorescent lights, and my PC on the same circuit coupled with a cheap gigabyte motherboard and improper grounds, there is just too much noise coming from my computer.
 
Nov 29, 2011 at 2:06 PM Post #36 of 54
Is there anyway to make Foobar rip at 96khz rather than 44.1khz?  In the Converter Settings there are only the options to change the Flac Level and the Bit Depth.  Is there a component that will enable me to rip at 24bit/96khz or am I stuck at 24/44?
 
Nov 29, 2011 at 4:08 PM Post #37 of 54

 
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randomstranger said:
Is there anyway to make Foobar rip at 96khz rather than 44.1khz?  In the Converter Settings there are only the options to change the Flac Level and the Bit Depth.  Is there a component that will enable me to rip at 24bit/96khz or am I stuck at 24/44?
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I'm not sure, but why exactly would you need that? Do you actually have a computer with an SACD drive? If not, CD's themselves are only 16/44.1 so there is really no reason to.
 
Nov 29, 2011 at 4:36 PM Post #38 of 54
I use a HM-801 that has an internal DAC that supports 24/96.  I was able to rip standard 16/44 cd's using my laptop's internal hard drive to 24/96 using CD-DA Extractor.  But after doing research it appears that I can only get "true" 24/96 rips from using an SACD drive to rip special SACD disks that have 24/96 tracks stored on it.  So most likely even though I have copies of 24/96 cd rip tracks, they would sound exactly the same if I ripped them at 16/44?  Am I correct there?
 
Nov 29, 2011 at 4:43 PM Post #39 of 54


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randomstranger said:
I use a HM-801 that has an internal DAC that supports 24/96.  I was able to rip standard 16/44 cd's using my laptop's internal hard drive to 24/96 using CD-DA Extractor.  But after doing research it appears that I can only get "true" 24/96 rips from using an SACD drive to rip special SACD disks that have 24/96 tracks stored on it.  So most likely even though I have copies of 24/96 cd rip tracks, they would sound exactly the same if I ripped them at 16/44?  Am I correct there?
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Well, theoretically, yes. However with resampling and different conversions and the like they are liable to sound different. Also many DACs have different methods of playing them back based on different sample rates and such. However, the point is that you really cant get better quality than 16/44.1 from a standard CD.
 
Nov 29, 2011 at 4:43 PM Post #40 of 54
Yeah, the source material is 16/44, so it is pointless and a waste of space to rip in 24/96.
 
Nov 29, 2011 at 5:38 PM Post #42 of 54
I rip using EAC secure mode test/copy with AccurateRip, single tracks compressed to FLAC, and generate CUE sheets in case I want to reproduce the master later.  Everything else is done in foobar2000 and mp3tag from there on out (tagging, conversion, etc).
 
Dec 2, 2011 at 5:20 PM Post #45 of 54
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