Cleve Wrote: > The nice thing about the McIntosh - there's not much of a "learning > curve" involved - you just put the CD into it - push a button on the > remote, and the entire CD is automatically encoded into FLAC in > something like 6-7 minutes. And the McIntosh also interfaces with CD > changers - so one can effortlessly copy multiple CDs at a time into > FLAC. >
I'm not familiar with the software its using but I doubt its as good as EAC for making perfect rips. Average consumers want the CDs to rip as fast as possible. You only rip once but you play it many times so the speed of the rip is not as important as an error-free rip. If its ripping in 6-7 minutes I doubt its doing the equivalent of a secure mode rip in EAC. I prefer open systems myself to ensure the highest quality possible even if the learning curve is steeper. It does cause me to wonder about the market for this unit as the average consumer won't pay the premium for a McIntosh and audiophile consumers are more savvy about how to create high quality rips (I assume) and would prefer an open storage solution rather than being constrained by the included hard drive capacity. Then there's the backup issue... -- zooropa320 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ zooropa320's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3420 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21700 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
