Sony_Fan Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 (edited) I want the best sound quality possible, but there are different ways of transfering music to Hi-MD. Which would be better:1.) Import CD using ATRAC3plus with "normal" setting then transferring to Hi-MD2.) Import CD using ATRAC3plus with "high" setting then transferring to Hi-MD3.) Import CD as WAV files then converting/tranferring as ATRAC3plus to Hi-MDBy the way, I've got an RH10, if that helps. Thanks for your input. Edited August 2, 2006 by Chris G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 Hi Chris, For a CD I almost never use SS, I find Simple Burner far quicker, and you have many options on the bitrate you want to use. I also find that most peoples hearing is not as good as they think, so I would recommend trying different bit rates and see what you like.Let us know,Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raintheory Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 If not using SimpleBurner, I would recommend using Exact Audio Copy (freeware) to rip the CD to .WAV files and then import those to SonicStage to transfer at whatever bitrate you choose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sony_Fan Posted August 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 If not using SimpleBurner, I would recommend using Exact Audio Copy (freeware) to rip the CD to .WAV files and then import those to SonicStage to transfer at whatever bitrate you choose.Raintheory, why do you not recommend SS for ripping CD to .wav files? How/why is EAC better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raintheory Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 Raintheory, why do you not recommend SS for ripping CD to .wav files? How/why is EAC better.Heh, well personally I use it for three main reasons: 1. EAC has lots of features. 2. EAC is well-known for it's accuracy (even shows you detailed logs after ripping). 3. SonicStage doesn't detect my CD-Drive (probably because I have Daemon tools installed).Check out the documentation and features at the site: http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/Also, SonicStage has caused me many, many more headaches than EAC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielbb90 Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 Theres quite a high change that the differences here,(In the same bitrate) are going to be indistinguishable anyway...Don't worry about it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 (edited) I say use what works. For me, that's Simple Burner--it's pretty fast, it doesn't clutter my hard drive and it has never caused me software problems. EAC is supposed to be more accurate, so if you really want all those .wav files on your hard drive, go ahead and use it--freeware is a wonderful thing. But it will be slow. Edited August 3, 2006 by A440 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 As A440 says go with what you feel most comfortable with. Personally I use SS to rip & transfer. This is mainly because I do a lot of things at 352 and also like to have the cover art. Maybe if you don't need some of the extra things in SS go with Simple Burner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sony_Fan Posted August 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 Heh, well personally I use it for three main reasons: 1. EAC has lots of features. 2. EAC is well-known for it's accuracy (even shows you detailed logs after ripping). 3. SonicStage doesn't detect my CD-Drive (probably because I have Daemon tools installed).Check out the documentation and features at the site: http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/Also, SonicStage has caused me many, many more headaches than EAC. Not to make fun, but it's very simple to rip a CD in WAV format using SS. I don't know how that would give you headaches. Since a WAV file is 1441kbps, I don't think using different software will give any real noticeable difference. I've got a DVD-ROM drive and DVD+-RW drive, and they work just fine with SS. But if SS is not cooperating with your CD drive, then it's necessary to use other software. Thanks for the input though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ_Palmer Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 The method I use would correspond to 3), ie ripping to wav first (using SS). This is so the wav tracks can then be normalised, and converted 'manually' to 352K before finally being transfered on to Hi MD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sony_Fan Posted August 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 The method I use would correspond to 3), ie ripping to wav first (using SS). This is so the wav tracks can then be normalised, and converted 'manually' to 352K before finally being transfered on to Hi MD.How/where do you normalize the WAV files? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogville Posted August 4, 2006 Report Share Posted August 4, 2006 If not using SimpleBurner, I would recommend using Exact Audio Copy (freeware) to rip the CD to .WAV files and then import those to SonicStage to transfer at whatever bitrate you choose.I don't know why but when using EAC, it rips the song titles but not the album and author. Can anybody tell me why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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