kphinney;210810 Wrote:
Actually, this is the first time I heard about iTunes not perfectly
reproducing the original tracks in Lossless rips. Can anyone cite any
studies to determine the validity of this one way or another?
I don't have any studies to cite, but I've heard anecdotally from
Audiotic;210723 Wrote:
Separate discussion... but iTunes does a great job. Compared once EAC
rips with iTunes rips. Bit-perfect, both... No issues here.
I don't think this is far removed from the discussion at hand.
Actually, this is the first time I heard about iTunes not perfectly
If I may weigh in with my experiences on Linux and cdparanoia.
As I understand it a lot of the best rippers on Mac and PC are based
ultimately on what was cdparanoia.
The ripper I use is kaudiocreator which in turns uses cdparanoia. Using
this very popular ripping engine I get identical rips on
darrenyeats;210818 Wrote:
The reading off the disc part is an engineering problem that has been
solved. Everything that is wrong with digital audio these days - which
apparently is still a lot - happens after the reading off the disc.
Agreed - provided you rip with a system that reports its
Dbpoweramp can rip in secure and ultra secure modes with Accurip
checking to Apple lossless! best of all worlds. It can also rip to flac
with id tags, etc.
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Hi, I've just ordered a SB3 and intend to copy my favourite CD's to my
PC so that I can stream them to my hifi. If I'm happy with the results
then it means my Naim CDX2 CDP should end up doing a little less work!
What I don't want to do is copy say a hundred CD's and then discover
that I could
david68 wrote:
I currently use itunes to feed my ipod and have imported my CD's as
320kbps MP3's. However, it looks like Apple Lossless would be the
best way to go for streaming to my hifi. So, would you recommend
re-importing into itunes using Apple Lossless, or (given that I'm
going to
Yes Evert, that helps a lot, as that is what I was hoping would be
possible. Thank you!
So, to clarify just a bit, you can have more than one library in iTunes
7 and you have it setup so that your ipod only sees the library
containing your MP3's. Then, when you are streaming it is the other
david68;210700 Wrote:
What I don't want to do is copy say a hundred CD's and then discover
that I could have done it better for optimum audio quality. So I could
do with some advice...
... However, it looks like Apple Lossless would be the best way to go
for streaming to my hifi. So, would
david68;210711 Wrote:
Yes Evert, that helps a lot, as that is what I was hoping would be
possible. Thank you!
So, to clarify just a bit, you can have more than one library in iTunes
7 and you have it setup so that your ipod only sees the library
containing your MP3's. Then, when you are
Audiotic;210714 Wrote:
That is certainly possible. Since I started this process before iTunes 7
(so before more libraries were possible) I have created a Smart Playlist
where the bitrate is 300, and my iPod is syncing with that playlist.
For streaming I use the 300...Thanks. I've just
If you use a Naim CD player you are probably a fairly committed
audiophile, so should use the best systems available.
That starts with using EAC to rip to FLAC. The other possibility is
DBPowerAmp. iTunes has no system for ensuring that the rip is
accurate, so is best left in the skip.
Once
Thanks Adam, you are right..I do take music reproduction pretty
seriously. I just don't want to over complicate matters if I don't
actually need to. However, if, as you say, iTunes doesn't necessarily
result in an accurate rip then I will need to look at alternatives.
I'll look further into EAC
david68;210720 Wrote:
T...However, if, as you say, iTunes doesn't necessarily result in an
accurate rip then I will need to look at alternatives...
Separate discussion... but iTunes does a great job. Compared once EAC
rips with iTunes rips. Bit-perfect, both... No issues here.
But you should
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