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Wow I had no idea EAC still existed. Back when I used it, hard drive space was scarce and I thought I was being extravagent ripping my collection at 160kb/s mp3

Wow I had no idea EAC still existed. Back when I used it, hard drive space was scarce and I thought I was being extravagent ripping my collection at 160kb/s mp3 files. Does EAC today offer any advantage over cdparanoia?

Crontab 4y ago
Back when I was ripping my collection to FLAC, I used EAC because of AccurateRip, which is something that cdparanoia did not offer - at least at that time.
thrtythreeforty 4y ago
Ha, I like the irony of being picky about the bits that came off the CD then immediately mashing it into a medium-bitrate MP3. I'm not judging; I spent more time curating a WMA collection than I care to admit.
- brewdad 4y ago
  I keep 3 copies of every CD I own (4 if you count the CD itself). A FLAC copy ripped using EAC that lives on my NAS and gets streamed in my home. An MP3 copy at a 192 bitrate for use in our cars. And a 128 bit OPUS file that lives on my phone. It's a pretty easy workflow. EAC to rip. FlacSquisher to convert to MP3 and OPUS. Then copy the files where they need to go and delete them from my laptop. CD then goes into a bin in the garage until I need it again or want to admire the artwork.
leokennis 4y ago
My audio quality journey went from: - 192 kbps CBR mp3 - this was supposed to be good enough (it is) and I had an iPod with only 20 GB so I went with it - V0 VBR mp3 - I told myself I could hear the difference on my now slightly fancier headphones, and this would not kill my OiNK and later What.cd ratio as fast as lossless - FLAC, if possible 192 KHz and 24 bit - now I got into really expensive headphones and I only downloaded the most verified of torrents (if possible vinyl rips) or I ripped using all the EAC/Paranoia guides out there. Played music via Foobar2000 with some plugins to minimize “interference” in the audio path. Had a full DAC + Amp setup - Got a job and kids - 256 kbps VBR AAC, via Bluetooth to my AirPods Pro - I don’t have time anymore to fret about audio quality, streaming is so super convenient and let’s be honest, above a certain baseline no one hears the difference anyway…
- puzzlingcaptcha 4y ago
  Hearing begins to deteriorate in the late 20s / early 30s, so for better of worse audiophilia is a young people's game.
  - kirenida 4y ago
    That's the funny thing - young people can hear better, but most don't have enough money to buy the really fancy stuff until they get older and their hearing deteriorates.
snarfy 4y ago
Exact Audio Copy is a marvel of ripping technology. I would 100% use it if I cared about ripping CDs accurately. Ages ago I made custom cdrom drivers that would purposefully randomize data returned from reads (cd copy protection). EAC would rip right through it without skipping a beat and reconstruct the correct audio. The only way to defeat it was to never return all of data, randomized or not.

Crontab 4y ago

Back when I was ripping my collection to FLAC, I used EAC because of AccurateRip, which is something that cdparanoia did not offer - at least at that time.

thrtythreeforty 4y ago

Ha, I like the irony of being picky about the bits that came off the CD then immediately mashing it into a medium-bitrate MP3. I'm not judging; I spent more time curating a WMA collection than I care to admit.

brewdad 4y ago
I keep 3 copies of every CD I own (4 if you count the CD itself). A FLAC copy ripped using EAC that lives on my NAS and gets streamed in my home. An MP3 copy at a 192 bitrate for use in our cars. And a 128 bit OPUS file that lives on my phone. It's a pretty easy workflow. EAC to rip. FlacSquisher to convert to MP3 and OPUS. Then copy the files where they need to go and delete them from my laptop. CD then goes into a bin in the garage until I need it again or want to admire the artwork.

leokennis 4y ago

My audio quality journey went from: - 192 kbps CBR mp3 - this was supposed to be good enough (it is) and I had an iPod with only 20 GB so I went with it - V0 VBR mp3 - I told myself I could hear the difference on my now slightly fancier headphones, and this would not kill my OiNK and later What.cd ratio as fast as lossless - FLAC, if possible 192 KHz and 24 bit - now I got into really expensive headphones and I only downloaded the most verified of torrents (if possible vinyl rips) or I ripped using all the EAC/Paranoia guides out there. Played music via Foobar2000 with some plugins to minimize “interference” in the audio path. Had a full DAC + Amp setup - Got a job and kids - 256 kbps VBR AAC, via Bluetooth to my AirPods Pro - I don’t have time anymore to fret about audio quality, streaming is so super convenient and let’s be honest, above a certain baseline no one hears the difference anyway…

puzzlingcaptcha 4y ago
Hearing begins to deteriorate in the late 20s / early 30s, so for better of worse audiophilia is a young people's game.
- kirenida 4y ago
  That's the funny thing - young people can hear better, but most don't have enough money to buy the really fancy stuff until they get older and their hearing deteriorates.

snarfy 4y ago

Exact Audio Copy is a marvel of ripping technology. I would 100% use it if I cared about ripping CDs accurately. Ages ago I made custom cdrom drivers that would purposefully randomize data returned from reads (cd copy protection). EAC would rip right through it without skipping a beat and reconstruct the correct audio. The only way to defeat it was to never return all of data, randomized or not.