Ripping Software

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Ritmo

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What software and why are you guys using to rip CDs? Today, I use iTunes in my Mac.
 
I use Exact Audio Copy, but it has to be set up properly for your computer. There are several websites that explain how to do this, just search.
 
dbPoweramp or EAC for Windows; XLD for Mac. All free (if you get only the ripping part of dbPoweramp). If you pay for dbPoweramp (pretty cheap) you can also decode HDCD to be playable without an HDCD-compatible DAC.
 
I'm considering XLD.

Anyone done any comparisons? iTunes vs XLD vs JRiver....I rip to AIFF?
 
I like dbPoweramp. They have a trial version for Macs out with the final version on its way in January.

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I use XLD. It is ok and I think the best option for Mac. I have to admit that dB Poweramp for PC is a lot better. Faster, smarter, more intuitive. I hope the Mac release will come soon and is at least as good as the pc version...
 
There was a series of articles in stereophile (I think) maybe a year or so back where 2 guys went through all different configurations of computer based ripping, burning, playback and reported on their findings and the "best" options. I believe J-River won in just about every category.
 
rbbert said:
dbPoweramp or EAC for Windows; XLD for Mac. All free (if you get only the ripping part of dbPoweramp). If you pay for dbPoweramp (pretty cheap) you can also decode HDCD to be playable without an HDCD-compatible DAC.
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I started using the trial for dbPoweramp recently. Are you saying that the trial version is not ripping the HDCD layer on discs?
 
BobM said:
There was a series of articles in stereophile (I think) maybe a year or so back where 2 guys went through all different configurations of computer based ripping, burning, playback and reported on their findings and the "best" options. I believe J-River won in just about every category.
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It was in The Absolute Sound, and their conclusions were pretty much garbage. The series of articles was first offered to Stereophile but JA refused to publish them; he (and many others) said the findings were "not credible".
 
I am too lazy to do CD ripping properly. I just do it to load music to wife's car. but on few occasions I do it for home use. Just for convenience, I had been using J-River 20 without issues. However, with default settings, J-river does not rip the CDs into my preferred WAV files. On the other hand, it keeps metadata from the web for the CDs that i like.

One of my friends is a power dbPoweramp user. He rips his CDs in bulk in WAV format and adds CD covers and metadata from paid online database service.

Anyone here do the same?
 
I have used dbpoweramp (on a PC) for a few years to rip CD's. I do the verify mode which checks that the rip is accurate, and the lossless FLAC, which is relatively new, and the same as wav, except it keeps metadata. DBpoweramp connects to several of the major online databases, so you get album covers, track titles, etc. for metadata built into the rip. Often you can compare track listings and choose which coverart is best. The program is not free, but worth the relatively small cost IMHO.

Larry

Ki Choi said:
I am too lazy to do CD ripping properly. I just do it to load music to wife's car. but on few occasions I do it for home use. Just for convenience, I had been using J-River 20 without issues. However, with default settings, J-river does not rip the CDs into my preferred WAV files. On the other hand, it keeps metadata from the web for the CDs that i like.

One of my friends is a power dbPoweramp user. He rips his CDs in bulk in WAV format and adds CD covers and metadata from paid online database service.

Anyone here do the same?
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Just checked.

$84 for bundle of dBPoweramp and PerfectTune.

Will get it!

Thanks
Ki

astrotoy said:
I have used dbpoweramp (on a PC) for a few years to rip CD's. I do the verify mode which checks that the rip is accurate, and the lossless FLAC, which is relatively new, and the same as wav, except it keeps metadata. DBpoweramp connects to several of the major online databases, so you get album covers, track titles, etc. for metadata built into the rip. Often you can compare track listings and choose which coverart is best. The program is not free, but worth the relatively small cost IMHO.

Larry
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astrotoy said:
I have used dbpoweramp (on a PC) for a few years to rip CD's. I do the verify mode which checks that the rip is accurate, and the lossless FLAC, which is relatively new, and the same as wav, except it keeps metadata. DBpoweramp connects to several of the major online databases, so you get album covers, track titles, etc. for metadata built into the rip. Often you can compare track listings and choose which coverart is best. The program is not free, but worth the relatively small cost IMHO.

Larry
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I 2nd that!
 
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