Ripping CDs to lossless in Itunes.. HiFi approved?

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the replies. I have no trouble believing that hard drive based audio can be as good or better than standard spinning a disc in real time, I just wanted to make sure that the Itunes importer doesn't have any problems with error correction or anything. I don't want to have to rip twice. Sounds like it's a go!

I like the ritual of playing CDs so I'll continue doing that, but my plan is to be ripping my CDs (and my vinyl at some point) in the meantime mainly for my Ipod (used in car and traveling), and to be able to try hard-drive based hifi at home when the time is right (either through a wavelength dac, modded sb/transporter, or empirical audio solution)

FYI - I'm actually ripping on a PC (to redundant terabyte drives), but I use Itunes because of its Ipod/Iphone integration, and clean UI. I use a Macbook laptop also, but that's not where I do my ripping.

Thanks again.

hi wireless,

Thanks for the comment, but I chose apple for a smooth integration with my iPod, iPhone and iTunes. Currently this is all I am using to play back these files.

If it comes down to it, they can be converted back to wav, and then to another format.