Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] I ripped using the laptop. Hang Me?

2007-05-05 Thread 325xi
Little example, Matsushita dvd drives found in many Sony, Lenovo, and Toshiba laptops are known for severe issues with DAE. If you fail to use secure ripper that detects problems, rips made on such a drive may be worth nothing - a matter of luck. So using a secure ripper is highly recommended rega

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] I ripped using the laptop. Hang Me?

2007-05-02 Thread mswlogo
Laptop drive is fine. But you might want to read up on Flac, EAC, Accurate Rip and DBPoweramp. -- mswlogo mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] I ripped using the laptop. Hang Me?

2007-05-02 Thread DCtoDaylight
It's been my experience, that CD ripping problems, with most modern hardware, are more often macro rather than micro... In other words, with if you aren't experiencing skipping or muting, you've probably ripped without problems. Tools like EAC were initially developed to overcome the serious h

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] I ripped using the laptop. Hang Me?

2007-05-02 Thread jdbaker
I ripped most of my 620 cds using Itunes on a laptop while I worked away on my pc. It was very convenient. I ripped to apple lossless files and they seem fine except for "The Best of Van Morrison", a CD that was in the hands of my kids for months and is now not in the best of condition. It does no

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] I ripped using the laptop. Hang Me?

2007-05-02 Thread SuperQ
Actuary;199182 Wrote: > Hello. > first time, long time. > > consider me 2 months past ignorant of even knowing stuff like sb > existed. I'm sortive old and sortive oblivious. Furthermore, I had > been using my car stereo as the source of hi-fi enjoyment. > > When I bought a laptop, we asked t

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] I ripped using the laptop. Hang Me?

2007-05-02 Thread Actuary
Hello. first time, long time. consider me 2 months past ignorant of even knowing stuff like sb existed. I'm sortive old and sortive oblivious. Furthermore, I had been using my car stereo as the source of hi-fi enjoyment. When I bought a laptop, we asked the fella "how can we hook this up to ou