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Originally Posted by pgo

I'm in the process of converting the rest of my CD collection to MP3 (in addition to music acquired through...other means), but when it takes 15-20 minutes per CD...I prefer not to sit all night watching CDs rip.

If anyone's interested in ripping some super-high quality MP3s, I've found this guide very helpful. All free software, too.

http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/arch...deneaclame.cfm

EDIT: PC Only!

For anyone who's interested, I thought pgo's suggestion above deserved its own thread. It kinda gets lost in "What you listening to?"

pgo...BIG thanks for this one, m8. I've had this on my to-do list for (obviously) quite some time. Just got 'round to setting it all up last night. The difference between the mp3s ripped via this new method and my old way (music match jukebox) is crystal clear -- especially when listening via headphones.

Once I had it all set up, I test-ripped a CD with what I thought had very complex musical structure and compared the tracks. The difference in quality is definitely noticable...especially in certain comlplex portions of one key track. That convinced me that I need to start over from "A" again in my music library. It's OK, though, I had (thankfully) only gotten to "G" ripping via Music Match. It's going to take a bit longer ripping every CD in my library via this method, but it will be worth it in the end.

I guess my resolution in '06 will be to get all 750 CDs done...

[Dusteh]

My own plan is to wait a couple of years until I can afford a portable 2 terrabyte HDD in a caddy, and then rip my 1500 CDs to WAV or AIFF.

[cam]

Nice one, had missed his original post.

Another alternative is ripping to a lossless codec, such as FLAC ( http://flac.sourceforge.net )

That said, until QT (which drives iTunes) supports FLAC, it's a bugger to playback.

[pgo]

Originally Posted by ®oto

pgo...BIG thanks for this one, m8.

No problem. I found it about a year ago (I think) and have never looked back. Variable bitrate all the way!

It really does make top-notch MP3s.

[roto]

Originally Posted by pgo

It really does make top-notch MP3s.

Again, cheers m8...I couldn't agree more. Now, you've given my beautiful, new Plextor drive something to do in 2006.