Ripping CD's

I appreciate all of the answers here. Not very familiar with some of the technology mentioned  by many but I have another question about using the EAC program, which many recommend......

Most of the CD's I want to rip are original ones. But some are stored as MP3's. Some have recommended that, when ripping with EAC, burn them as WAV files vs MP3. Will MP3's converted to WAV's play on my player?

I will have to check my player's specs to see if it can play them. My player...NAD C546BEE. Sure, there are better players out there and I appreciate the input but I want to accomplish this task with my current setup.

Thanks

In my opinion, you can burn the MP3 CD's unchanged to the disc. No advantages to change them to WAV as MP3 is a lossy format. Most probably, your CD player will not play WAV files anyway.

From the manual:The C 546BEE can play MP3/WMA formatted recordings on CD-R or CD-RW discs. You may mix any of the file types on the disc.

Cheers, eagledriver

BDW, better tagging with MP3 than with WAV files.

i really agree with ghdprentice.  That's the way to go - and then you can also make AAC copies for portability.  If for some weird reason you also need physical copies, any ripping software works fine,  just turn off compression. I have no idea on brands of writable CDs - except that back in th day when i did it they were never as reliable as the original (and when you think about the manufacturign process, it makes sense)

+ 1 with Styleman

I use two HHB 830+ recorders and have found the best dics for my machines are HHB discs. I use to use Mamm's, but started getting too many dud's. I realize my method is "old school", but for just making compilations of discs I already own, or creating new stuff from YouTube, this works for me.