RichP714 3,151 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Just curious as to what people are using to rip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD 239 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 When I rip vinyl, I go to WAV at all the bandwidth my DAC can handle (192kHz, 24-bit). Makes a HUGE file for, say, an album. I use some software that guesses where the breaks are based on the track length input and blank space, but it's not very good, and I have to manually adjust every track (a real PITA). I then down-convert the WAV files to Apple lossless. I adjust the sampling rate down to 48kHz, because that's as much as my Squeezeboxes can take, but I keep the WAV files to play direct through my big rig off the attached computer. I do the same with SACDs through the Oppo. For ripping directly from CD (or hybrid SACD), I use Apple lossless directly into iTunes. The only reason I use that codec is that it's what iTunes uses, and iTunes is directly recognizable by the software that runs my Squeezeboxes (SqueezeCenter). I hear FLAC is good too, if you use Winamp as a player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioeng2 33 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Hey Rich, What about including in the poll the only important one....WAVE! =; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichP714 3,151 Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 Bill, Do you use any pop/tick removal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichP714 3,151 Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 Hey Rich, What about including in the poll the only important one....WAVE! =; I realized I skipped WAV after I'd created the poll, and although I can edit my first post, I can't change the poll contents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioeng2 33 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 OK. Then I'll just drop a vote into the "Other" category. I expect to be lonely there!! Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person left around that wants to listen to ALL the music recorded. As my wife's niece kept saying at Christmas time..."That's soooo....OLD SCHOOL!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD 239 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Rich, I use the JVD modified autocorrelator on my C-4000 to get rid of most noise. I only use digital pop and click very sparingly. It ruins the sparkle in most recordings, and really doesn't get rid of pops and clicks anyway, if they are annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichP714 3,151 Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 Rich' date=' I use the JVD modified autocorrelator on my C-4000 to get rid of most noise. I only use digital pop and click very sparingly. It ruins the sparkle in most recordings, and really doesn't get rid of pops and clicks anyway, if they are annoying.[/quote'] I'd heard similar about digital pop removal, UNLESS you have the $$$$$ or are Lucas labs and spend the big bucks. I used to have an SAE surface noise reducer back in the day; semi-decent for recovering what would otherwise be total loss vinyl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest yzarc Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 AIFF is the only real choice for quality. I think I heard a "wave" at the ocean, or is that some silly format that the accountant's pc uses when the Winblows? If you want superior audio and video, use a Mac! :ddd Sound Soap II from BIAS does a good job of removing those annoying sounds from those black frisbees they used to sell, and it is affordable. After a job of over 100 hours of old jazz frisbee conversion to digital files and then clean-up, I now really really hate jazz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maskinisten 59 Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 FLAC because it's a lossless format, and it also saves space on the NAS server HDD depending on how much you compress it, it's also very easy to add and edit tag information to the files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob p 44 Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 flac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyboy 11 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 flac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryG 2,846 Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 I use Hd FLAC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man 4,763 Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Holy thread resurrection Batman !!! 🙂 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jebba1962 12 Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 FLAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZappaPatton 703 Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 I've been known to reply without reading the date before but @flyboyis a full on postophiliac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryG 2,846 Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 FLAC I use EAC (exact audio copy) software. Which is shareware, can be configured for FLAC or MP3 or uncompressed into wav file barry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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