Ripping redbook CD to hard drive and back to CD??

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charles28722

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Ripping redbook CD to hard drive and back to CD??
« on: 11 Feb 2010, 11:23 am »
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.



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Re: Ripping redbook CD to hard drive and back to CD??
« Reply #1 on: 11 Feb 2010, 12:35 pm »
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.

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Re: Ripping redbook CD to hard drive and back to CD??
« Reply #2 on: 11 Feb 2010, 12:38 pm »
Windows or MAC?

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Re: Ripping redbook CD to hard drive and back to CD??
« Reply #3 on: 11 Feb 2010, 01:35 pm »
EAC for ripping would be my suggestion :)

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Re: Ripping redbook CD to hard drive and back to CD??
« Reply #4 on: 11 Feb 2010, 02:46 pm »
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.

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Re: Ripping redbook CD to hard drive and back to CD??
« Reply #5 on: 11 Feb 2010, 03:00 pm »
You can also rip to FLAC and create CDs from FLAC. 

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« Reply #6 on: 11 Feb 2010, 03:16 pm »
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

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Re: Ripping redbook CD to hard drive and back to CD??
« Reply #7 on: 12 Feb 2010, 02:46 am »
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