Womaz said:
davedotco said:
Womaz said:
davedotco said:
Womaz said:
lilneige said:
I will take the convience of playing digital file library any given day. I can play hundreds or thousands albums without get out of my sofa as compare to changing CDs with CDP. Even that means I will sacrifice SQ a little. However, I do like the SQ from my computer+DAC.
I rip my CDs to my NAS drive in lossless FLAC format and there is no loss in sound quality in my opinion. Although it might just be that small that I cant hear it.
If you do this correctly there should be no loss in sound quality at all.
In fact, there is a distinct possibility that the rips will sound better.
when you say do it properly, please explain. I use DB Poweramp
Just make sure the settings are correct and that you do a 'checksum' calculation to ensure accuracy. As a mac user I have never used DB Poweramp but it has a fine reputation and I am sure that a little research will confirm that you have the correct settings.
The big advantage in ripping is that your CD mech can make multiple passes and extract the maximum amount of data, a regular CD transport gets just one pass to get it right, and sometimes does not.
tThank you for taking the time to try and explain this to me. Unfortunately I have no idea what a checksum is. My dealer set the system up when I bought it.
When you rip a CD there are different levels of accuracy that can be implemented in the software, essentially trading accuracy for convenience.
You are rippling to Flac so I assume you want the best quality, you need to read up on DBPoweramp to find the best possible settings. They will be quite slow as the mech will be allowed to read the disc multiple times to get all the information.
The information will be configured as a Flac file, which can be analysed by the software and compared to a database to show that your file is identicle to those in the database. This is the 'checksum' and is your guarantee that your rips are 100% accurate.
All of this is automatic once you have made the correct settings, it just takes a little longer.
You can discuss this with your dealer, simply explain that you want the best possible rips or alternative do your own research online, I'm sure there is an effective support community for DBPoweramp users.