afblaster Wrote: 
> I went through the process of configuring EAC with flac, which I found
> fairly difficult and time consuming, even though I followed the
> tutorials, but I am 
> old(ish)! 
> I used it successfully for a while until I saw dBPowerAMP Music
> Converter recommended on this forum. 
> 
> http://www.dbpoweramp.com/
> 
> I installed this and found that, like EAC, it uses AccurateRip to
> configure the read offset of your CD/DVD drive, which is  important I
> feel.
> The program is quick, it takes 3 min to rip and convert Beethoven 9th,
> for example.  Tags and flac compression level can be set up, and it can
> also rip to Monkeys Audio, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WAVE and WMA v9.1.  If you
> want to rip to MP3 you have to register and pay GBP9.91 (US$16.45), but
> for this you obtain an improved GUI, which allows you to play the cd or
> individual tracks as well, prior to ripping.  I find it is easy and
> straightforward to use.
Interesting. So you think dbpoweramp is as accurate (or close to) EAC?
That is a tempting option. To be honest, I haven't yet heard ANY of
these lossless options on my high end rig. I have only heard MP3 which
DO NOT pass the goosebump test.


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