rigsby wrote: > > I spent the best part of a year ripping my CD collection. For some of > us there's no avoiding the fact that it will take a long time to > complete; EAC is the *only* ripping software that I would trust. >
Yes, take your time and do it right. Rip to lossless, and spend the time to get your metadata and artwork right to begin with. metadata almost always requires a bit of fiddling to match your own system, organization scheme, etc. Regarding EAC being only trustworthy ripping software, I would only add that the gurus over at hydrogenaud.io forums (one of the few digital music forums I trust) would generally agree with you, with the exception being that they would say that "EAC and dbpoweramp are the only windows rippers I would trust." More recently they might add CUETOOLS to that list. Key is to use a secure ripper that uses the ACCURATERIP database. dbpoweramp is not better in this regard (although its author is the inventor/manager of the ACCURATERIP database matching approach), it is simply a bit more user friendly. And EAC shouldn't be free. Any serious user of EAC should be donating at least $40 to the authors of that program. I use mp3tag for a lot of post rip tagging. It's "free" but I donate to the author about once a year. There is no free lunch. If we don't support the software we want, we'll be left with stuff that is not as good! :cool: *Location 1:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Location 2:* VBA 3TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win7(64) > LMS 7.8 > Squeezelite *Spares:* several Touch, Radio, SB3 *Controllers:* iPhone4S & iPad2 (iPeng7 & Squeezepad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win7(64) laptop *Files:* ripping: dbpoweramp > FLAC; post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes; Streaming: Spotify ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102237 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list ripping@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
