Ripping CD's for quality - Page 2

Dr. Z · 11-01-2007, 16:52

I really dont see the point in uncompressed/lossless music at all. 700mb per CD is a bit silly!

Mark · 11-01-2007, 17:29

I have to concur. May as well just put the CDs in a hi-fi if you want that kind of quality. A PC with any average soundcard is always going to suffer some quality losses IMO.

Nutcase · 12-01-2007, 00:31

Nothing average about the soundcard, amp or speakers though

Mark · 12-01-2007, 01:48

My soundcard is average (and I undoubtedly pay for it), but the amp and speakers certainly aren't.

Unless you have the likes of ASIO set up (didn't know about this until today), you'll still suffer the results of DirectSound. I'll assume you do have it set up.

Admiral Huddy · 12-01-2007, 11:38

How do i copy a CD to my hard disk.. I've never bothered before but my son brought home a CD the other day and wants the tracks on his phone.. I've noticed that all the tracks are 44kb??

Priest · 12-01-2007, 11:53

Huddy, you could use media player.

Pop in the cd, select rip and it adds it to my music (if I remember right).

Admiral Huddy · 12-01-2007, 11:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Priest

Huddy, you could use media player.

Pop in the cd, select rip and it adds it to my music (if I remember right).

I tried that, but it didn't work. Wonders if there is somesort of DRM?

Nutcase · 12-01-2007, 11:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark

My soundcard is average (and I undoubtedly pay for it), but the amp and speakers certainly aren't.

Unless you have the likes of ASIO set up (didn't know about this until today), you'll still suffer the results of DirectSound. I'll assume you do have it set up.

Yup, no downmixing/upmixing whatever

Huddy, Try cdex as above. 44.1khz sample rate is waay to high for a phone though so it is defintiely worth cutting that down my making an mp3 or similar.

Will · 12-01-2007, 12:01

A lot of the yachts have AOD and VOD, we always put the CDs and DVDs uncompressed onto the servers. High compression for audio i.e. ripped at 128kpbs or less you can definitely start hearing quality loss. Using VBR it does reduce that somewhat but IMO it's still not good enough - for decent hi-fi experience and if you have the storage I'd always play it uncompressed. Whilst compression is very advanced now and very very good, it's still not as good as RAW data. I guess that's why a lot of professional photographers still shoot in RAW and convert to another format after they've finished editing the picture.

Then again these yachts do have several terrabytes of storage. Certainly on video I'd not want any character corruption or noise which you get through compression - it's unavoidable. I don't have that space so I'm happy with having VBR compressed music. Still have over 10,000 tracks which come to well over 100Gb which is nothing really by today's standards. I really need to get myself a NAS box.

Nutcase · 14-01-2007, 22:07

Ripped about 40 CD's so far. Bored now! Only another 200 ish to go....

11-01-2007, 16:52	#11
Dr. Z I'm going for a scuttle... Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,021	I really dont see the point in uncompressed/lossless music at all. 700mb per CD is a bit silly! __________________

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Admiral Huddy HOMO-Sapien Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Chelmsford Posts: 6,692	How do i copy a CD to my hard disk.. I've never bothered before but my son brought home a CD the other day and wants the tracks on his phone.. I've noticed that all the tracks are 44kb?? __________________ I just got lost in thought.. It was very unfamiliar territory. Techie Talk \| My gaming Blog \| PC spec \| The Admirals log

12-01-2007, 11:53	#16
Priest Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool Posts: 374	Huddy, you could use media player. Pop in the cd, select rip and it adds it to my music (if I remember right). __________________ 360 Blog

12-01-2007, 12:01	#19
Will BBx woz 'ere :P Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 2,147,487,208	A lot of the yachts have AOD and VOD, we always put the CDs and DVDs uncompressed onto the servers. High compression for audio i.e. ripped at 128kpbs or less you can definitely start hearing quality loss. Using VBR it does reduce that somewhat but IMO it's still not good enough - for decent hi-fi experience and if you have the storage I'd always play it uncompressed. Whilst compression is very advanced now and very very good, it's still not as good as RAW data. I guess that's why a lot of professional photographers still shoot in RAW and convert to another format after they've finished editing the picture. Then again these yachts do have several terrabytes of storage. Certainly on video I'd not want any character corruption or noise which you get through compression - it's unavoidable. I don't have that space so I'm happy with having VBR compressed music. Still have over 10,000 tracks which come to well over 100Gb which is nothing really by today's standards. I really need to get myself a NAS box. __________________ *No No!*

11-01-2007, 17:29	#12
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	I have to concur. May as well just put the CDs in a hi-fi if you want that kind of quality. A PC with any average soundcard is always going to suffer some quality losses IMO.

12-01-2007, 00:31	#13
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	Nothing average about the soundcard, amp or speakers though

12-01-2007, 01:48	#14
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	My soundcard is average (and I undoubtedly pay for it), but the amp and speakers certainly aren't. Unless you have the likes of ASIO set up (didn't know about this until today), you'll still suffer the results of DirectSound. I'll assume you do have it set up.

14-01-2007, 22:07	#20
Nutcase Moonshine Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Chelmsford, innit! Posts: 3,979	Ripped about 40 CD's so far. Bored now! Only another 200 ish to go....