Hi-res audio question

[Skyman]

I have just bought my audio gear for travelling on this year's hols - AK70, noise cancelling MDR1000s and a pair of Shure 535s. I now need to rip some CDs to FLAC. For a newbie to the subject, please can someone recommend a suitable ripper for an MS user? Thanks.

[swisstony]

Using the free MediaMonkey version here.
Seems to work well and I cant hear any difference these days on lossless FLAC....
(I'm talking about normal CD's so not sure how hi-res you mean)

[Rob]

I use dBpoweramp CD Ripper with a FLAC lossless level of 5

[Skyman]

I use dBpoweramp CD Ripper with a FLAC lossless level of 5

That is my third recommendation for that.👍

[Jake]

That's the one I used to rip my whole CD collection (circs 800) before they all went to music magpie.

Worked great without issue.

Jake

I use dBpoweramp CD Ripper with a FLAC lossless level of 5

[Skyman]

That's the one I used to rip my whole CD collection (circs 800) before they all went to music magpie.

Worked great without issue.

Jake

Great work! How long does one CD take?

[Mr Nuttington]

Just to add a different option I use EAC (exact audio copy). Works for me and was a free download.

[Gyp]

Just to add a different option I use EAC (exact audio copy). Works for me and was a free download.

+1

[Rod]

I use dBpoweramp CD Ripper with a FLAC lossless level of 5

+1... spot on exactly as I use.

[waiteu2]

+1... spot on exactly as I use.

Another here too.No problems.

[gavsw20]

I use Foobar (Mac) and it works great.

[bonzo697]

If you're using Windows the Media Player has a built in lossless setting. WMA Pro is also good - to me it sounds as good as lossless and it also uses less space.

[Jake]

Great work! How long does one CD take?

IIRC a couple of mins per CD. Depends on how powerful your computer is.
I ripped my CDs when I was doing other work - pop a CD in hit rip and go back to what I was doing. CD popped out when done. It was quite good at pulling artwork too.

Jake

[Skyman]

IIRC a couple of mins per CD. Depends on how powerful your computer is.
I ripped my CDs when I was doing other work - pop a CD in hit rip and go back to what I was doing. CD popped out when done. It was quite good at pulling artwork too.

Jake

Thanks.👍

[amnesia]

Another vote for EAC

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[Chalet]

MediaMonkey & Flac. 1-8 makes no difference in respect of quality, just a time / storage trade. I use 5.

[Cornholio]

Another vote for EAC and FLAC. Keep a close eye on your metadata to make sure that it works for you.

[Skyman]

I use dBpoweramp CD Ripper with a FLAC lossless level of 5

Seems to be working a treat.👍