Db Power Amp - is there a better ripper out there?


I had been using iTunes to rip for a long while but on those occasions when it failed I turned to MAX.

Then I heard about DB Ripper and the albums I've ripped so far have significantly better SQ than either iTunes or MAX

I also noticed the file sizes are larger with db poweramp.

Am I correct in assuming this is because all the data is now there?

Or is db poweramp augmenting the data?

So, if you know of better ripping software please post it here

Thanks in advance
williewonka

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Wildoats - it would appear that WMP does a very good job of ripping WAV
- I ripped one of my more detailed albums to WAV and I could not tell any difference between that and the same album ripped to AIF using dbPoweramp
- FYI both rips were performed on the same computer and then loaded into iTunes.

However - the one nice thing about dbPoweramp is, it notifies you when ripping problems occur and the severity of the problem by track.

I'm not sure if that feature is available with WMP.

Regards...
Has anyone had issues related to ripping 16/44 content from SACD's

The first track always presents issues and go through the re-ripping process using dbPoweramp.

Subsequent tracks are trouble free

Thanks
Nglazer - did you find a solution?

I took a quick look and found various other similar issues pertaining to a "0" file size.

Responses to questions cited issues relating to
- bugs in WMA related software drivers
- certain file types
- the CD drive hardware
- using a USB drive to rip to
- the level of error checking selected

One post on the dbPoweramp forum seemed to indicated that the file was actually complete and could be played, it was just an anomomally that the file size was set to zero - and there was no way of resetting the size to it's actual size.

Unfortunately there did not appear to be any one difinitive solution.

I've only used CD Ripper - without any issue

Did the issue occur using dbPoweramp CD Ripper, Batch Converter or both?

Regards