egay wrote:
BTW, I exclusively use a tank-like CD Ripper like the Outboard Iomega because it is really built to last (I've had it for 5 years now).
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JoeyGS wrote:How does this work? Is it still available today?egay wrote:
BTW, I exclusively use a tank-like CD Ripper like the Outboard Iomega because it is really built to last (I've had it for 5 years now).
Best!
.e.
muypogi wrote:Actually, based on experience, the best ripper is a desktop-sized DVD drive. I found that laptop drives minsan namimili and minsan hindi stable yung rips. I have a Samsung external DVD writer pag may CD na ayaw mabasa. Otherwise, I use my Apple laptop's DVD drive, whieh seems to be ok so far. May 2 na CD ako na hindi ma-rip yung 1st track, so I may end up using the trusty Samsung again.
Just to clarify, you're using WMA Lossless or WMA? Plain jane WMA is still a compression algorithm. . .
Lossless is lossless, so technically any lossless format is equal or better vs the spinning CD.
egay wrote:It's WMA LOSSLESS.
I do use, sometimes, my DVDROMs, but I still prefer my outboard CDROM when ripping: I seem to get better results with it than the DVDROMs which sometimes are very choosy of discs.
The outboard CDROM is connected to the PC via USB 2.0 or 1.x (my T23 is 1.x) and yet the SQ are the same (to me) when passed through the DAC, different when not: so your DAC will be your buddy in this digital media.
Now, if I would be ripping HiDef, perhaps a USB 2.0 (or the 3.0) would be better; still 2.0 or 1.x does not offer any difference to me.
I have now connected my desktop to my DAC via the SPDIF and there is a difference in SQ vs USB 2.0; and I mean DIFFERENT as in much better. I didn't use this for the past year because the desktop was quite far from my DAC, but since I reconfigured my room, it became apparent that I should use it, and boy was I surprised - MUCH CLEARER than when using USB... like the proverbial veil that's been taken off. So if your soundcard has SPDIF/RCA - use that rather than your USB. For laptops, we have no choice but the USB, although I think we can use the audio out of high-end laptops (like IBM/Lenovo) as equivalent to SPDIF... I think I read some info somewhere here in WS (by Arnold, yata).
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