Ripping CD's to hard drive

All good solutions.

+1 Exact Audio Copy & +1 dbpoweramp on my HP notebook with a cd drive.

Store them on an SSD from Crucial Technology in a plastic drive case from Amazon.

Linked via USB cable - PC to cd drive to rip.

Linked via USB cable - SSD to Streamer / Player.

Several SSD’s for backup.

Permits using any streamer / player and DAC.

Very simple, inexpensive, reliable and flexible.

Get your SSD’s here:

Get your cases here:

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Very simple, inexpensive, reliable and flexible.

A bit off topic....

As a tech novice, I'd like to find an easy was to rip my SACD discs and get the DSD layer to my Server/PC.

It appears the "easiest" is finding an old OPPO and using complex software & networking techniques. 

Is there a 1-stop solution - i.e. insert the SACD disk and directly send DSD layer to a PC?

I'm using DB Poweramp for ripping on a PC now, and the bitperfect feature is reassuring. I have already ripped my entire library on lesser software and going back to re-rip some due to some found errors. I was troubleshooting what I was hearing as a gap in the music upon playback and it actually came down to the VLC player software on the Macbook, and not a problem with the rip. The same music CD ripped on two different softwares were exhibiting the gap/pop and it was consistently at the same exact timing spot on the recording when playing in VLC Player, but a different timing spot on rip versions depending on what software ripped the song. In the end, the rips were all good, but there was something left in the original rips that VLC player had issues with, even though it's all ones and zeros! Now using different player software(s) there is no issue with the rips/recordings at all. I was surprised that the error was in playback software. That said, DB Poweramp seems to be a great rip solution even with the free version.

@kota1 Thank you for the Sony suggestion. I just started re-ripping my CD’s to new 1TB Samsung SS drive ($64 on Amazon) into my my Bluesound Node 2i. The Sony rips FLAC @950kbps constant rate and halves the file size.

I stupidly downloaded and and then paid $8 for the cover art database for EAC (Exact Audio Copy). While I agree, it’s a very powerful yet complicated program to run IMHO.

Then I saw your Sony post the same day. And it’s all FREE with cover art database included !!

I had no clue and I’m a Sony Fanboy.

Thanks, man !

Joe