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Good CD Ripper/MP3 program???

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Byrd2a

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I am currently using Xing Audio Catalyst 2.1 and am fairly new to the ripping/MP3 arena. I am fed up with Xing due to poor audio quality on rips (hissing/popping..etc) I have played with all the settings and nothing helps. Their Xing MP3 player also sucks. Lots of MP3 I download from Napster hiss and pop like a big dog on their program but play just great on Media Player or the Napster player.

Can anyone provide me some input on a better program to use? I sure would appreciate it.

Later.....

T-Bird 750/256MB PC133/Maxtor 15GB/A7V/Asus 6600 deluxe/Soundblaster 16/
 
Many people (including me) think that LAME is the best mp3 encoder out there at the moment. If you get CDEX, it includes a ripper and the LAME .dll's. Looks a lot like Audio Catalyst except it makes mp3's that actually sound good.

I suggest using variable bit rate (VBR). In the CDEX encoder settings page, set it to VBR4, minimum bitrate 96 kbps, and Joint Stereo. This gives a good balance between quality and file size. If you want better quality, set VBR3, 2, or 1, and bump up the minimum bit rate. But I very rarely hear any artifacts using VBR4, 96, JS, even on very high quality stereo equipment.
 
Music Match Juke box. It is the best program I've ever used for ripping\encoding\playing\burning\ and anything else to do with audio on the cpu.
 
LAME is definitely the best encoder, and I think EAC is the best ripper. If you want as close to perfect as possible, this is the way to go. Go to r3mix for an education.
 
Music Match Juke Box - that's funny! It uses a crippled Fraunhofer encoder, which sucks compared to LAME. I'm not saying that MMJB doesn't have some good features - just that it's nowhere near the best sounding.

Some people on these forums have had problems with EAC when using LAME with VBR. That's why I use CDEX.
 
Where was that link?

EAC and Lame here in a few minutes while I look for it....

Oh ya! That was it! R3Mix as posted above
 
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