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Good ripping program - no compression

I'm thinking about buying a 200GB external hard drive a ripping about 300-400 CD's to it. I do about 80 percent of my listening while sitting in front of the computer and am getting tired of shuffling CD's. I'm looking for suggestions on a good program to rip with but I don't want to use any compression as I wish to compromise the sound as little as possible.

System:
P4 2.8ghz
M-audio revolution sound board
monarch SM70 class a amp
B&W LM1 monitors
B&W sub

Thanks,
prpixel
ketchup
692 posts
 
i second the EAC recommendation. etree is what introduced me to EAC back in 99 when i started trading live concert recordings on cdr. it is the best!
unclejeff
1,313 posts
 
I wondered into a really interesting Cd store a while ago where the owner had parts of songs from every Cd in stock in his computer.

He used his computer to demo and all he had to do was start a conversation with a customer to sell a bunch of CDs. The service was so excellant that he had to be doing quite the business.

This does not help you but it does make for a great story, expecially for those who think that storefront sales are a thing of the past. Viva l' computer!
ketchup
692 posts
 
i forgot to mention something about compression. you can use flac or shn to loslessly compress your music. there are plugins for winamp (among other players) that support these formats... and everything you need is free!

FALC:
http://flac.sourceforge.net/

SHN:
http://www.etree.org/mkw.html
prpixel OP
876 posts
 
Thanks for the info. I was wondering how Flac compares to Media player lossless compression. EAC looks like a good idea, but being in the computer industry for many years I don't do betas.

Thanks,
prpixel OP
876 posts
 
I just installed winamp and the flac plugin. Under cd ripping encoders it list AAC V1.00 - is that the flac encoder?

thnaks,
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