Archiving CDs

[ZeroBurn]

quick question. i'm going to be archiving most of my cds for an mp3 jukebox for next semester, and was wondering what ripper would be reccommended. for the best quality possible i'm thinking CDex to rip and encode, which uses a LAME encoder to record at VBR 192-320. does this sound good? any comments would be welcome (i'm not interested in saving space as i am preserving the highest quality possible).

i hear EAC is great also, what do you reccommend?

 

[Czar]

musicmatch

 

[randomlinh]

EAC.

 

[kami]

LAME VBR is your best bet.

However I'd set it to 128-320, you'd probably fit a few extra songs that way.

 

[jman7272]

musicmatch kicks!

 

[Shmorq]

CDex and EAC will get the best rips possible. Lame is the best way to go for encoding. You might wanna get RazorLame which is a nice GUI for Lame.

 

[SUOrangeman]

I just finished such a project. 150 or so discs, EAC + LAME VBR1 128 -> 320. Ended up with all MP3s on 16 700MB blanks. I also duplicated the original discs to add CD-Text for my 300-disc changer. I'm gonne try to serve the MP3s over the 'net with Shoutcast or something.

-SUO

 

[ZeroBurn]

thanks for the replies. i'm going to stick with LAME, and try EAC. see how that compares to CDex, i don't care about fitting more songs as i plan to have way more space anyway and quality is the top concern.

if i used EAC or CDex, would i still need to bother with an encoder like RazorLame? looks like an awesome proggie but i don't know if i'd need the extra step.