Streamer/CD ripper


I’m looking to upgrade my 25 year old digital front end ( Rotel CD player) to a streamer/CD ripper. How long does it take to rip a full length CD, and how does the sound quality compare playing the file on a streamer versus playing the CD on a CD player?

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Showing 1 response by eagledriver_22

@tony, conversion from flac to wav can be done using your computer and, for example, Foobar2000 (free) or JRiver Media Center software (there is other software available). However, as flac is a compressed (but lossless) audio codec, it could have been more favorable to rip directly from cd (from the original source) to wav. But, would it be audible to you?

I did some testing transferring flac to wave and from cd to wav using JRiver. With my setup; I could not hear any difference between these 2 formats. They are both lossless.

Be aware, that metadata is not as 'good' with wave compared to flac. Flac has a better tagging .If you use Foobar2000, you can convert FLAC to WAV without losing metadata or album art, it uses ID3v2.3 (RIFF ID3v2.3).

Cheers, eagledriver