Best software to rip CDs to Mac (Mini)

You have what looks like a great system. I wouldn’t bother with ripping CDs any more. That was, oh so 10 years ago. I would get your streaming up to the rest of your system. Since my streaming in my headphone and main systems have been of great (equal or better than red book CD)… I use my ripped CDs less than once a year for a few minutes when my WIFI is needing rebooking,

@ghdprentice thanks for the compliments! Pretty happy with streaming but I do have few CDs left that I’d like to rip to my library on HDD.

Try Exact Audio Copy.

I more often listen to local tracks in shuffle mode.

It’s easier than making streaming playlists and guarantees I will like the program. Besides my masters are usually superior.

To each his own.

No recomendations for iOS. I use dbPoweramp. Windows doesn’t like AIFF.

@curiousjim thanks!

@fuzztone don’t have to be aiff. Flac is fine too. 

I use XLD to rip to AIFF on my Mac mini and iMac. Very happy with the results. It is a free download but I've donated a few bucks to the author because I ripped almost a thousand albums using it. 

I'm sure it's a personal bias but I really think my CD rips sound better than the same album streamed. 

Good luck. 

+1 for dBpoweramp which is available for both Windows and MAC.

I've used it for years on Windows to rip to Flac, but it can rip to AIFF as well.

@fuzztone @jazzman7 looks like dbPoweramp has 21 day trial. I’ll see if it’s compatible with iOS.

@dbtom2 thanks I’ll look into it! Also, I noticed some, but not all, albums sound better from HDD rips than Qobuz and Tidal. This is especially true for some of the originals ripped vs the most likely remastered version on the streaming platform. It happens.