If speed is that much of an issue, use EAC in burst mode and check the rips with AccurateRip. This is great with popular CDs (i.e. ones in the database), but less good if you're not ripping big sellers, I find.
But ripping with EAC is like compressing to FLAC vs 320kbps - even if you can't hear the difference, it's nice to know that you never have to do it again. I think it's worth doing. It's only the first rip that matters here - getting you library in. New CD purchases can be done with EAC(Secure)/AccurateRip, as a few sessions of 15 minutes a week is hardly a problem. For me, since I spend more time tagging than ripping (lots of classical), then the 'library' EAC time was not a huge problem for me. Yeah it took a few weeks, but it was good to have a chance to read the CD sleeve while it was going! Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost and Anti-cables http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34156 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
