mgh;208995 Wrote: > Hi All, > > As you can tell from the title, I don't know a lot about quality > ripping. > > I've had my SB for a few months and enjoying it. Pre-SB I did my > ripping with itunes at a lower bit-rate for use on an ipod. Since > getting the SB I have been using EAC to rip to FLAC. > > Even with the lowest correction setting on EAC, it can take quite some > time to rip a cd in poor condition. > > So now for the silly question. When I copy an audio cd, just burn it > from one drive to another, what happens to the scratches and errors? I > am wondering what I would lose by copying a beat up cd, then ripping > that copy. It would be considerable faster with some of the CDs I have > some across. > > Thanks
Doing the copy is effectively the same as shutting off error correction (sometimes referred to as secure mode) in EAC. Don't bother doing a copy, you're wasting more time or quality which you have total control over doing a direct rip with EAC. If you want the best rip, just let it do it's thing. Be sure to clean your beat up discs as much as possible before ripping. Some readers handle errors better than others. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS > Cat5 > SB3 > SPDIF-COAX > Meridian 861V4 (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) > DSP5500 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36129 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
