igroucho;341307 Wrote: > If you're anal about the ripping the safest way is probably using Exact > Audio Copy. iTunes will not give you bit-perfect rips even thou the > difference would not be audible. iTunes will usually give you bit-perfect > rips and EAC won't always. I don't understand this iTunes bias (as someone who used to keep a PC around solely for EAC). The hardware is at least as important as the software and iTunes is fine in most cases and in severely damaged discs EAC may also have problems. All things equal EAC is superior, but all things are rarely equal. I'd certainly recommend EAC if Windows is used, but I wouldn't state iTunes will "not give you bit-perfect rips" as many tests on the web have quite definitely proven otherwise (and now years ago). The differences between to two apps over a variety of damaged disks is greatly over exaggerated. EAC does though have quite nice reporting.
If in the end you want to try an alternative ripper, closer to EAC but on OS X, give Max a shot - http://sbooth.org/Max/ As for the format question: as mentioned it basically comes down to which you'd less want to give up - greater Apple support or FF/RW on the Squeezeboxes. In the end I use ALAC because iTunes (on OS X) when coupled with the available Applescripts ( http://dougscripts.com/itunes/ ) is a wonder at handling tag information. -- blessingx '★' (http://www.last.fm/user/blessingx/) -'this american life' (http://thislife.org/), 'take-away shows' (http://www.blogotheque.net/spip.php?page=cae_all&lang=en), 'jazz profiles' (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10208861), 'streaming soundtracks' (http://www.streamingsoundtracks.com/)- macbook ))) ⊗ squeezebox 3 → assemblage dac1 → rudistor nxØ2 sistema → at w1ØØØ / etys er4p/s ⊗ squeezebox 3 → parasound 11ØØ hd #1 → stax srm-ØØ7t → stax lambda sig / lambda pro ⊗ squeezebox 3 → parasound 11ØØ hd #2 → single power extreme platinum → senn hd58Ø x2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ blessingx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11754 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52695
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