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Ripping CDs to lossless in Itunes.. HiFi approved?

Hi,

The name says it all.

I want to rip my CDs once, and do it right. I started with eac, but it's complicated to get it to work right with Apple Lossless and get the tags right.

So... I switched over to Itunes directly, ripping CDs to Apple Lossless.

Without getting too "audiophile abstract," is there anything wrong with these files?
goatwuss

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dcstep
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I'm ripping to loasless from CDs using error correction during the rip. In my home system I playback through an iPod Classic 160G/Wadia 170i/Playback Designs MPS-5's coax Digital Input. When I compare CD playback to iPod playback through the same upsampling DAC, they're the same.

Dave
dcstep
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Magfan, I think that bit-exact IS important. I know that there are large differences when I turn on error correction when ripping to lossless, but I'm not sure if it's bit-exact. I can tell you that it's certainly almost-exact and I DO hear differences when I turn off error correction.

I wonder if anyone here knows how exact error correction is with lossless.

Dave
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