dbpoweramp uses the EAC engine and Accurip and compares with a database. It definitely can rip ones EAC doesn't like to, and when I had problems I just washed the cd with liquid soap and dried it with a microfiber cloth pulling from the center out (not round and round). These cd's then ripped even when there were no visible scratches. I used two Plextor drives and ran 2 instances of dbpoweramp so I could rip faster, I'm at 590 cd's out of 1200.. what I find amazing is how many cd's have manufacturing defects (out of round, laser rot, etc), and I know my backups will sound way better than the originals....
With the huge time investment it takes to rip, I wanted it done right the first time and lossless so I'm ripping into FLAC at compression ratio of 6 with verify on... I can right click convert FLAC to any other format.
You are correct Itunes for the PC sounds really bad, no where near the MAC so stay away from it.
MediaMonkey Gold allows you to sync your ipod with your collection and it can convert from Flac (or any format and bitrate) to any format and bitrate on the fly so you don't have to store 2 copies when it syncs with your ipod. It requires a faster machine and is a totally cool feature plus you can put stuff on your Ipod as well as pull it off and it doesn't have to be married to one single computer...
With the huge time investment it takes to rip, I wanted it done right the first time and lossless so I'm ripping into FLAC at compression ratio of 6 with verify on... I can right click convert FLAC to any other format.
You are correct Itunes for the PC sounds really bad, no where near the MAC so stay away from it.
MediaMonkey Gold allows you to sync your ipod with your collection and it can convert from Flac (or any format and bitrate) to any format and bitrate on the fly so you don't have to store 2 copies when it syncs with your ipod. It requires a faster machine and is a totally cool feature plus you can put stuff on your Ipod as well as pull it off and it doesn't have to be married to one single computer...