Somafunk
pfm Member
Apologies if this has been covered many times before but I had search earlier over the previous 6 months of threads (yeah...wet horrible day in Galloway and I had a Xmas bottle of whisky that demanded attention) and I didn’t see anything that covered my query.
CD ripping, if you were to start anew with your collection how would you future proof the format and storage, how would you ensure you got the most accurate rip of your CD collections?.
Having just recently thrown myself into the streaming club with a purchase of a Cambridge Audio CXNv2 along with a tidal hifi/roon subscription I have to say, “should’ve done it sooner”. Then there’s the issue of my CD collection (1500 ish) that I ripped to hd/ITunes many years ago and when playing through the CXNv2/roon I see that a surprising amount are 320kbps or less...............hmmmm?, Back in the early 2000’s I used an iriver h340 for mp3s (and its predecessor which I can’t remember?) and I guess I wasn’t that fussed at the time to ensure I made decent copies as the convenience of 1000’s of songs outweighed the need to carry around hifi quality.
If I was to start again with the entire ripping process what would be the best option?, bear in mind due to secondary progressive ms I have time to spare and spend most of the day sat on my arse in front of my iMac listening to music/buggering about anyway so the horror of ripping 10-20 cds a day doesn’t fill me with dread and foreboding.
The cds are sat in boxes in the attic so I could get my bro to bring a box down every so often, I work through them then flog them on for beer money, I’m doing nowt much else with my time so it’d be an interesting way to discover my collection and trigger memories of past exploits (dunno if that’s an entirely sensible idea).
Cheers,
CD ripping, if you were to start anew with your collection how would you future proof the format and storage, how would you ensure you got the most accurate rip of your CD collections?.
Having just recently thrown myself into the streaming club with a purchase of a Cambridge Audio CXNv2 along with a tidal hifi/roon subscription I have to say, “should’ve done it sooner”. Then there’s the issue of my CD collection (1500 ish) that I ripped to hd/ITunes many years ago and when playing through the CXNv2/roon I see that a surprising amount are 320kbps or less...............hmmmm?, Back in the early 2000’s I used an iriver h340 for mp3s (and its predecessor which I can’t remember?) and I guess I wasn’t that fussed at the time to ensure I made decent copies as the convenience of 1000’s of songs outweighed the need to carry around hifi quality.
If I was to start again with the entire ripping process what would be the best option?, bear in mind due to secondary progressive ms I have time to spare and spend most of the day sat on my arse in front of my iMac listening to music/buggering about anyway so the horror of ripping 10-20 cds a day doesn’t fill me with dread and foreboding.
The cds are sat in boxes in the attic so I could get my bro to bring a box down every so often, I work through them then flog them on for beer money, I’m doing nowt much else with my time so it’d be an interesting way to discover my collection and trigger memories of past exploits (dunno if that’s an entirely sensible idea).
Cheers,