As noted above, AIFF on the MAC and FLAC on the PC will produce the best sound quality such they are both uncompressed. Yes, these formats take the most space on your storage device but storage is very inexpensive. In my case, I rip my CD's to an external hard drive using the AIFF format (MAC) and copy them to my music server (Aurender N10). Another option, of course, is to connect your hard drive to your music server. Please remember to have all source material backed up. I backup my ripped CD's to two different hard drives.
If you are unclear what format to use, you could rip some CD's using these different formats and listen. Please take your time making this decision since you do NOT want to have to do it over again using a different format. The goal is to maximize sound quality so an uncompressed format is the best.
Please verify your album cover art is included in the ripping process so that the cover art gets displayed on your music server.
If you are unclear what format to use, you could rip some CD's using these different formats and listen. Please take your time making this decision since you do NOT want to have to do it over again using a different format. The goal is to maximize sound quality so an uncompressed format is the best.
Please verify your album cover art is included in the ripping process so that the cover art gets displayed on your music server.