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OSX CD ripping codec

I have about 3000ish CDs. When I started ripping them via iTunes, I went the AIFF/44k route.

Sometime later, I wandered into a well known home theatre boutique in Los Angeles and the rep scoffed at my AIFF choice, insisting that Apple Lossless was the way to go. Coming from a visual effects background, my assumption is that you would always want to stay as close to the source material as possible, so AIFF seemed smart at the time.

I have no problem with the size of the files or the storage required. I want to keep everything as open as possible for whichever home distribution route I end up taking.

Am I missing something here?

Thanks and happy holidays!

-Scott
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williewonka
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From the web...

"AIFF will play on virtually anything, Apple Lossless is limited to Apple players"

Don't know how true that is, but my track record with playing music via Apple products falls far short or "stellar"

Personally, I convert WAV to AIFF to keep all the metadata and burn AIFF to cd's from my computer.

Never had a problem playing them to date in other players
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