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Is Itunes OK to rip CD's to AIFF?

I'm ripping a lot of of CD's and putting them on a network server so I can access them from any computer/stereo system in my house. Does any one know of any blinded listening studies where they compared Itunes-ripped wave files (AIFF) to AIFF ripped by another program? If no studies, is there any technical reason (and I'm no computer expert) that an Itunes ripped AIFF might be inferior to an AIFF file ripped by another program?
ldworet
paulfolbrecht
603 posts
 
Steve: so they have a flat-out bug in the software? Ought to be easy to fix. How long has it existed?

I went through your experiment using Beethoven's 9th. The dbpoweramp rip sounds awesome but the iTunes rip sounds exactly like the studio version of Stairway to Heaven! Something is off indeed.

Seriously, I don't doubt the phenomena (though it is surprising). I may end up re-ripping in the near future so I'm glad I came across this. I'd always though iTunes with error correction on was golden.
audioengr
3,282 posts
 
Here are some good ripping drives with C2 correction:

http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=68223.0

Steve N.
Empirical Audio
ldworet OP
48 posts
 
Steve, thanks for helping out. I haven't run the test that Paulofbrecht did but I'll certainly try it too. I'm afraid I'll have the same result. Oh, boy, and I've ripped thousands of CD's in Itunes with error correction on. But my goal is still to end up with AIFF so I can share music with my kids (who use Macs), but I want to keep all the tags, track names, etc. that Itunes provides. If on a PC, I use dppoweramp and rip to WAV (is that the right format to go to?: 1) will the tracks and tags come over, and 2) can I then convert WAV to AIFF and bring those converted AIFF into Itunes, but preserving the tag, track info? Thanks again for all of us. Laurence
ldworet OP
48 posts
 
Another few questions, Steve, after I looked at your link: http://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?t=17274. 1) Is there any way to get the Teac CD-224E in an external holder and plug it in via USB to any computer? 2) Any idea if the CD-224's listed for specific laptops like Dell work in other laptops? I have some late model IBM/Lenovo's? Ie, Do you know if the size of the drive frame and the connections are standard? Thanks again.
audioengr
3,282 posts
 
Lawrence wrote:
"1) Is there any way to get the Teac CD-224E in an external holder and plug it in via USB to any computer?"

This is what I have, an external USB drive.

"2) Any idea if the CD-224's listed for specific laptops like Dell work in other laptops?"

Laptops vary a lot. Hard to tell. Get an external version.

If you want AIFF, then use XLD with Accurate-Rip to rip on the Mac:

http://tmkk.pv.land.to/xld/index_e.html

Avoid iTunes on a PC:

http://www.empiricalaudio.com/computer-audio/

Steve N.
Empirical Audio
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