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Ripping and Tagging Services

Some time ago, there were some threads talking about ripping services, where you would UPS your CDs and a portable hard drive and someone else could do all the work.

I think I may have also seen something about this looking up the squeezebox device.

Could anyone please comment on their experiences or thoughts on this subject?

I would like to have all of my CDs ripped into "bit for bit" WAV files and would be particularly thrilled if they could also be tagged (?).

If any of you can vouch for the quality of other, truly lossless formats for use into a DAC, that would be great too.

But please please please please - no compression and no "I challenge you to hear the difference" type comments. I want the hard core audiophile solutions only.

One other question - does anyone know what happens or who pays for the transfer is there is a scratched CD which fails to transfer properly? Or does the EAC, slow ripping procedure pretty much eliminate this risk?

Cwlondon

Thank you.
cwlondon

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rlwainwright
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WAVs can't be tagged. If you convert to FLAC (lossless), you can tag the converted files with Artist, Track Name, etc. There are companies that do this for a fee, Google the term "CD conversion" and you'll find plenty.

There is also software available which will allow you to do this yourself, and most of them can automatically tag the files for you (they find the info. using the Internet). If you don't want to spend the time doing it yourself, maybe you could hire a friend or relative to do so, it would most likely be MUCH cheaper than engaging the service companies...
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