[charles28722]

In the coming year I plan to take steps toward building a HiRez server based system, but I'm not there yet. 

Currently I want to rip favorite tracks from redbook CD's to my computer hard drive, and then burn new 'sampler' CD's.  How can I do this without less of resolution?  The tracks that I would be burning are from extremely well recoreded albums and I want to preserve that quality entirely.  Do I simply need new softare?

I know many of you have researched this kind of stuff to exhaustion.  Thanks for any advice.

[Big Red Machine]

You shouldn't lose any resolution.  I use Roxio or Nero 9 to burn CD's and can't say I hear a difference in quality from the redbook.

[BPT]

Windows or MAC?

[JimJ]

EAC for ripping would be my suggestion

[ted_b]

Just make sure when you set up EAC (or any ripper, but I second the vote for EAC) that you rip to WAV, and then burn from those same WAV files.  No need to change formats, go MP3 or anything.  Staying WAV will keep resolution intact.  Them if you want to archive these recordings, you can later compress them (like a zip file) with FLAC or Apple Lossless.

[ctviggen]

You can also rip to FLAC and create CDs from FLAC. 

[ted_b]

You can also rip to FLAC and create CDs from FLAC.

I recommended WAV in a kind of "walk before you run" scenario.  He can do way more than rip to WAV, of course, but he's asking for starter issues. 

[charles28722]

Thanks everyone and sorry for the late response.  Long day at work. 

I'm going to experiment a little.  And I've got to do some more research.

Charles