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It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Ripping CD collection. Thread starter Bsmooth Start date Mar 19, Bsmooth Member. Joined Jan 11, Messages 59 Likes 8. Yes I really like CD's. I also now have access to streaming music as well Amazon Music.

I used to like LP's too, but I finally moved on and now there back! I don't understand the CD's deteriorate with time thing. I haven't run into one yet anyways.. I could just do FLAC, and be done with it. Some recordings I must admit though sound literally like crap. I have remade some of them using Audacity, and they sound better than the originals. Granted there aren't a lot like this but there are some, even the streamed FLAC ones sound lousy, and why wouldn't they?

There still the same badly engineered recordings. I'm sure that paragraph alone is worth at least 20 entries into this thread, but these Audacity ones are just for me, and they do sound better to me. Once all these different digital copies are made, whats the best way to actually find and play them? Or just not save them at all and just use streaming instead? I am also a subscriber to Tidal Hifi and Roon. Good luck with your project. Bob - I'm a contemporary age-wise.

The way I got unconfused about setting up a digital library was to just jump in and try it. I tend to take a pretty basic and pragmatic approach to most things audio - which is to say, I don't obsess about audio quality differences that others talk about if I can't hear 'em e.

I'm probably not your poster child for "audiophilia" as defined by some. Consider my comments representing the "low tech" end of an implementation continuum.

But it doesn't have to be that way. There are preference options to ensure good quality rips. It works consistently. No glitches or mysterious software issues on my MBA.

I use BitPerfect v3. The Gungnir feeds into my integrated amp or pre-amp depending on what equipment I'm running. All I can say is, it works reliably and things sound very good. I guess it's jitter reduction, but to my ear the sound from ripped CDs vs actual playback in a CDP seems smoother and more relaxed and I don't mean due to changes in frequency response.

Good luck in your research and final decision. He sets up his MusicVault servers to be pretty much plug'n'play and can recommend the version that's most appropriate for your needs. He'll even long on to your machine to help you through any problems you might have.

Best of all, since his server is a PC optimized for ripping, storage, and playback, it can be upgraded as the PC audio paradigm matures. Thank for your replies. The Music Vault and the Naim server are both way out of my budget. They are, however cool as hell and would be nice to have. If that's normal, it's too long. The number of hours I would spend just ripping approaches !

I'm guessing I've got my settings wrong. Bitperfect, as an addon to Itunes, is an excellent way to improve sound quality. Amazing bargain too. When ripping, there are a lot of variables.

Damaged or dirty CDs will take much longer because the software attempts to reread the disc. Is the drive internal? Ripping a libary takes a lot of time even on the fastest machines. Your libary will also require some thought on HD storage as it grows.

Keep us posted. Hello jzzmusician. Gosh, have to say I'm very surprised to hear 15 minutes to rip a CD. That has not been my experience using the latest version of iTunes v Recent CDs I imported to my iTunes library took at most a minute or two.

Certainly under 5 min. I am no IT guru so we will quickly reach the limit of what I can tell you. Is it possible your CDs are dirty or damaged pls. Lots of CD treatment products available if needed; low budge option: eye glass cleaning spray and microfibre cloths. Because of storing my iTunes library on an external drive, I do have to hold down the option button when clicking on the iTunes icon.

This generates a pop up window asking me to choose the iTunes library I often feel like the poor country cousin on A'gon. Nice to read supporting comments. Good points too about shutting down any non-essential programs and doing a re-boot prior to importing CDs.

As a follow up to my own initial comments Rip time for a single CD is a couple of minutes, and if the CD is not to obscure the meta data is captured from the net. I prefer the Apple format over the PC format as the interface with remote options iPhone or iPad is basically seamless and very easy to navigate.

Good Listening Peter. Sorry - late arriving thought Simple ,yet the Audirvanna program has lots of features that are of use. Set highest possible amount of retries - otherwise it will interpolate missing samples. Rip while listening - it won't be a huge chore that way. Make backups I use SuperDuper. I have two backups and alternate update only one about every 5 rips. Two backups prevent loosing everything in case of controller malfunction or virus.

I keep one backup at work fire theft etc. I have been doing this for years using Mac mini's. I configure the bit rate to a higher rate. I have used a few different playback software application audirvana, pure music, others and I prefer Audirvana 2. X with their iPad app to control playing music.

IMO, I think dedicated music servers are way over rated and way over priced for what they do. Remember the Sooloos system, all it was good at was displaying content.

If you want something similar, check out roon. The problem with what I see with roon is that it doesn't sound as good compared to other well known playback software.

Also I would stay with Macs using a Mac mini. To get better quality playback, don't hook up hard disks to your Mac mini. Purchase either a NAS device or hook these hard drives to a remote server so your music server won't have any disk drive noise or vibrations coming from these external disks nor will they compete on the same bus that connects to your external dac. However, the unit referred to available here at Audiogon great price! Even by burning in FLAC, you would fall short of internal storage of 2, CDs and would to need external storage to cope, adding another piece to the puzzle.

You guy are great. Thank you for your help! Very much appreciate all the responses. Have used DBPoweramp before but it used to be a bit pricey for ripper. Question: I know how to get artwork but where do I add them? To erase Audirvana library and create a new one: In the Finder, hold the option key, and pull down the Go menu. Select Library to open the hidden user Library folder. Select and delete the Audirvana folder. Next time you open Audirvana, it will ask you to create a new library, and replace the trashed folder.

Question re bit rate and sample rate. Or if it is the Apple Hi-res master being more compressed. Not sure how I will differentiate between the two though. Joined Nov 10, Posts 10, Likes Last edited: Jan 26, Joined Dec 27, Posts 23 Likes 3. The Jester said:. I have been buying CDs and ripping them to my Mac Mini for a while now. It has surprised me actually because I thought that I would be using streaming services exclusively a few years ago. I do have quite a big CD collection from the 80s and 90s but I had thought it was never going to get any bigger.

So, what is the appeal? Well you can get them very cheaply second-hand. There is no risk of them disappearing from the streaming service for some unknown reason.

Personally I think they sound better on my Mac Mini although there are many factors there of course. This is the original production not the Remix that you see on Apple Music and I much prefer the original. I have this album on vinyl actually, I bought it in , however I don't have a turntable today and actually that vinyl version is pretty worn.

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Joined Jan audirvana rip cd free, Messages 59 Likes 8. Yes I really like CD's. I also now have access to streaming music as well Amazon Music.

I used to like LP's too, but I finally moved on and now there back! I don't understand the CD's deteriorate with time thing. I haven't run into one yet anyways. I could just do FLAC, and be done with it. Some recordings I must admit though sound literally like crap. I have remade some of them using Audacity, and they sound better than the originals. Granted there aren't a lot like this but there are some, even the streamed FLAC ones sound lousy, and why wouldn't they?

There still the same badly engineered recordings. I'm sure that paragraph alone is worth at least 20 entries into this thread, but these Audacity ones are just for me, and they do sound better to me. Once all these different audirvana rip cd free copies are made, whats the best way to actually find and play them? Or just not save them at all and just use streaming instead? If you do that I'll take them gladly! I couldn't give my LP collection away, and they were in just the same shape as my CD collection not one fingerprint!

Bsmooth said:. Click to expand Joined Jun 9, Messages Likes Gorgonzola Addicted to Fun and Learning. DVDdoug Major Contributor. Joined May audirvana rip cd free, Messages 1, Likes 1, Joined Aug 23, Messages Likes Yes I really like CD's Audirvana rip cd free Dec 21, Messages 1, Likes 1, This offers lossless audio and the same file can be used to burn a new audio CD in its original format should I ever wish to do so.

I use Audirvana for playback. It's setup to automatically load all my CD rips and play any of them or any of the selected Qobuz tracks I save. EB Senior Member. With the exception of very rare CDs not available on any streaming services, ripping a CD is a total waste of time. Just download a lossless digital copy many streaming services allow it via unofficial 3rd party apps, usually found on GitHub. SKBubba Senior Member. Joined Sep 5, Messages Likes CD rips sound just like the original CD.

And so do vinyl recordings to digital. JRiver will play them back perfectly. So will roon, and roon currently also integrates streaming. The convenience is worth it. Martin Major Contributor Forum Donor. My audirvana rip cd free files audirvana rip cd free stored on a NAS.

Audirvana rip cd free play music on my Audirvana rip cd free using JRiver. I use custom-convert. Gorgonzola said:. I haven't used Audacity to try to "improve" recordings so I don't know what the even means. So virtually all my listening is to my own collection which is stored on my NAS. Because I have meticulously corrected and complete metadata it is quite easy to find anything I want to listen to using my Foobar player interface.

Last edited: Mar 21, Joined Dec 2, Messages Likes I am as much of a collector as I am a listener. All of these should have support for tagging audirvana rip cd free built in automatically, that being said I do like mp3tag on Windows for fixing or mass-editing tags.

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