comacer 0 Report post Posted July 9, 2008 Hi Guys, I'm going to send out most of my music CD collection to Ken of ALOaudio for him to rip into wav/flac with his new industrial CD ripper at 3.30pm later on today. Before I send my CDs off on their journey, I'd just like to check if there is a local company that does the same as well. Shipping to the U.S. is expensive The motivation for me to send my CDs in is because I want to enjoy my music in their full resolution with my new and incoming UE10Pros. However, my entire music library is currently encoded with LAME in 320kbps, and since I don't have the time to rerip 150+ discs, I figured I'd just spend the money and get it done professionally. If you know someone/company that provides a professional ripping service with the use of an industrial CD ripper, please PM me! Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
radioactive28 0 Report post Posted July 10, 2008 Congrats on the UE10Pros First time I've heard of such a service though. Is there anything special about the industrial CD ripper as compared to your average CD drive? Batch processing for all the discs? Anyway, from my POV, I would stick to the 320kbps and do a slow transition over to lossless (encoding to FLAC seems to be pretty fast for your modern C2D processor), just to see if there is any difference in quality. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Singapura 0 Report post Posted July 10, 2008 I'm afraid you won't hear much difference between 320 kbps MP3 and FLAC encoded files, even with your UE10's. Certainly not enough to justify sending your collection overseas. You may even run into trouble at US customs when they see your collection because lately they've been checking CD's for hidden information or IP right violations. If you're really concerned, you might want to hire someone to do the ripping for you but I wouldn't do it if I were you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sghound 0 Report post Posted July 10, 2008 I'm afraid you won't hear much difference between 320 kbps MP3 and FLAC encoded files, even with your UE10's. some people will be able to distinguish between the 2 formats. thru my cowon + customs, the difference is night & day. again, your mileage might vary. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rko 0 Report post Posted July 10, 2008 i suppose with accuraterip, the ripping should be fairly accurate when using cd-roms isnt it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
comacer 0 Report post Posted July 10, 2008 Another reason why I'm using this service is because all the tags and album art will be in. If I were to rip them myself using EAC and accurate rip, coupled with my tagging process, each disc will take me 30mins. 200 CDs x 30mins = 100 hours, madness. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sghound 0 Report post Posted July 10, 2008 i suppose with accuraterip, the ripping should be fairly accurate when using cd-roms isnt it? exactly. and when the FLAC is decoded and burnt into CDR, it's the exact copy of the original, and to some people even better coz the burn is fresh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rko 0 Report post Posted July 11, 2008 Another reason why I'm using this service is because all the tags and album art will be in. If I were to rip them myself using EAC and accurate rip, coupled with my tagging process, each disc will take me 30mins. 200 CDs x 30mins = 100 hours, madness. speaking of tagging, i assume all your disc are english albums? I'm actually in the midst of ripping my cds into flac too. So far, i get 90% cd/track indentification with Freedb, but only 10% with album art. For non-english cds, i only get 50% indentification via freedb. With metaservice, i get 80% for non-english. For the rest of the 20%, either type myself or copy and paste from websites. And trust me, i spent an equal amount of time tagging and setting up foobar's UI to my liking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
comacer 0 Report post Posted July 28, 2008 I have finally received my CDs with the encoded tracks in a hard disk (: I don't have a good comparison with regards to sound quality, but one immediate thing I noticed was a tighter bass when playing through my speakers The CD repair process is just AWESOME, I can hardly believe it. Very badly scratched CDs are now almost flawless, save for a few hairline scratches. Ripped by Ken! Loaner Hard Disk Everything safely back home The twin towers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sghound 0 Report post Posted July 28, 2008 westlife travelled a long way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pikachu 0 Report post Posted September 26, 2008 Whats the diff between industrial ripped and normal way of riping it?? moutain tortise here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nocturnal 0 Report post Posted November 14, 2008 Whats the diff between industrial ripped and normal way of riping it?? moutain tortise here well its like outsourcing your task to someone else. the industrial is faster and has lot error rates because they are specialized for ripping. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lucifix 0 Report post Posted December 20, 2008 I have not heard of such a service but will definitely take note. Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fatty Bom Bom 0 Report post Posted March 25, 2009 this is cool.... by the way... if you guys are going to rip the cd yourself... which software you guys are using to rip the cd? what will be the recomendation? thanks... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zhang_junyang 0 Report post Posted March 26, 2009 I used Exact Audio Copy. Google for that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites