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Dear friends - At the recommendation of a friend, I've been using EAC for a few months now. I rip in the most secure modes. I came here to find out more about WHY. In particular, how often does it really make a difference, especially on new CDs? I understand the value of EAC on scratched CDs, and clearly hear the difference. But are there really a lot of errors on new CDs? Does iTunes really not detect most of them, even when one checks its "correct errors" box? |
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I had been happily ripping my new mint condition CDs with iTunes for years, until my friend told me he uses EAC exclusively and why. I am a technically trained CS graduate and understand all the bits and the mp3 internal formats and all the tech talk. But I'm not an audiophile, and I never actually *heard* any problems with my iTunes rips. My friend says that if I listen really carefully I will hear plenty of little glitches, even on mint condition CDs. I must admit that even on new CDs, I often see EAC go into its "line of 8" error correction. But when I listen to the iTunes-ripped version of the CD vs the EAC I don't really hear any differences. Admittedly, that's not a side-by-side A/B comparison, just a good listen to each version of the same track. |
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So can you add any content here, a paragraph or two, on this topic. How often does it make a difference? An essay to convince me I aught to switch to EAC when iTunes ripping is about 20x faster and I don't actually hear any problems with it? |
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I have gone to a few other websites on EAC, esp. those recommended in this article (a number of which are 404's btw), and find no essay on this topic. How about helping me out? Thanks! SB. |
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Revision as of 21:15, 14 September 2006
Dear friends - At the recommendation of a friend, I've been using EAC for a few months now. I rip in the most secure modes. I came here to find out more about WHY. In particular, how often does it really make a difference, especially on new CDs? I understand the value of EAC on scratched CDs, and clearly hear the difference. But are there really a lot of errors on new CDs? Does iTunes really not detect most of them, even when one checks its "correct errors" box?
I had been happily ripping my new mint condition CDs with iTunes for years, until my friend told me he uses EAC exclusively and why. I am a technically trained CS graduate and understand all the bits and the mp3 internal formats and all the tech talk. But I'm not an audiophile, and I never actually *heard* any problems with my iTunes rips. My friend says that if I listen really carefully I will hear plenty of little glitches, even on mint condition CDs. I must admit that even on new CDs, I often see EAC go into its "line of 8" error correction. But when I listen to the iTunes-ripped version of the CD vs the EAC I don't really hear any differences. Admittedly, that's not a side-by-side A/B comparison, just a good listen to each version of the same track.
So can you add any content here, a paragraph or two, on this topic. How often does it make a difference? An essay to convince me I aught to switch to EAC when iTunes ripping is about 20x faster and I don't actually hear any problems with it?
I have gone to a few other websites on EAC, esp. those recommended in this article (a number of which are 404's btw), and find no essay on this topic. How about helping me out? Thanks! SB.