CD ripping


Most of my 600 CDs were ripped thorough iTunes as m4a format.

Is it worth re doing this to wav ?

my 2 Channel system is oppo 105 to rega brio r and epos 11 speakers.

If worthwhile any advise on how I should do it myself or reco on services to outsource to?

Appreciate any guidance.

steve 


steveg137

Showing 2 responses by erik_squires

wav, flac, alac should sound identical, but flac and alac are probably smaller than wav.  With flac  you can trade compression speed for compression levels, to a point, so you can get some control over how much space and how much time you spend ripping.

There is software out there that will let you rip one CD after another, the trouble is the clean up. What do you do if it doesn't find a cover, or song list. That's kind of a PITA, not to mention changing genre's, making sure composers are listed correctly, etc.

On the other hand, if you make a prioritized list,  you could say, re-rip your top 50 or 100 quite soon.

Best,


Erik
@rockyboy

Apple devices don’t play FLAC, they play their own version, ALAC. You will need to have the files transcoded. DBPoweramp probably will do this automatically for you, but dragging and dropping from your PC desktop won’t work.

Best,


Erik