Patrick Dixon;239346 Wrote: > Paul was interested in whether there was a 'better' ripper than iTunes, > but he only had a Mac notebook, and he isn't really very confident at > setting up computers/software anyway. I'm not very Apple literate, and > I'm not at all familiar with alternative Apple ripping software, so the > iTunes/Apple Lossless approach was the path of least resistance. I did > tell him that iTunes had less error checking than EAC (which I use), but > that I'd been told that iTunes worked fine for undamaged CDs. > > When I spoke to Hi-Fi+ about a year ago, they turned up their noses at > the idea of 'computer audio' and asked me if I knew anything about the > kind of people that bought their magazine!
In which case the answer should surely have been "Oh yes, those with more money than common sense!" :o) Hi-Fi+ is like audio porn. I really really don't want to read another review of a $100k turntable. There is NO way that anybody can justify that sort of cost or value for money. $100k buys a pretty amazing car with thousands of components and Billions of $ of engineering know-how. The whole ethos of that mag would crumble in the face of the digital audio... "what - no esoteric engineering with silly prices?" YMMV. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... ...SB3+TACT+Altmann+MF DACXV3/Linn tri-amped Aktiv 5.1 system and some very expensive cables ;o) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39438 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
