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Hello,
In process of ripping 300+ cds for SlimDevice on Network and high end audio.
So having read many posts I have many questions answered but like many novices have many more!!
I want to set up the rip settings and start the process knowing as best possible that what I rip will be a FLAC file that in all essence should sound as good as the original all things being equal.
My concern is that being a novice that I rip and then find out I should have done this or that in the settings etc...that would have made my rips sonically 'better'.
Maybe this is not a concern if I follow the setup guide etc..
So my experinces so far is to try ripping with all defaults for FLAC and did 10 cds and it went rather well...(not knowing about the settings)...it tool 2-3 min per cd and I tried the min/max compression settings...avg cd was 550mb went down to 300 or 330 ( high to low).
Files played back sound ok.
Then I discovered the Spoon Setup Guide and I went down the path, checked for C2 ( my drive detected C2 errors a few minutes into the test). So i bascially setup all the settings based on the guide.
Then I went back and re-ripped the 10 cds, the time went from 2-3 min to 5 min - 6 min.
I noticed from the initial rip in BURST mode all cds ripped with accuraterip ok.
Now in secure mode some rip with accuraterip ok and others go thru a laborioulsy secure and ultra secure rip process ...the rips sound ok?
So my questions:
If I use burst mode, and I see accurate ok, the nice little checkmark ok then do i need to run in secure mode at all?
Why is there a secure mode?
Why is there a scure mode and then an ultrasecure mode??
If there is a section in the FAQ's that has this info, I missed it.
Anyway I enjoy the product so far and will most likely register and purchase..which leads me to these questions:
1. Right now I only want to RIP. So the Free version is ok.
2. Later if I wanted to burn back from FLAC to CD...What version would I get?
3. I have i7 940 cpu with mulitple cores. What version would i get?
I think the answer is the $36 reference. Which is fine.
This is a one time charge and minor verison updates are included. But major ones are not?
So in summary it would be nice to have a novice FAQ that would say do this and do that..and if the output is "xxx" then burst is ok for you with your drive.
IF not then you need secure mode with these settings.
Thanks in advance !
Alex
In process of ripping 300+ cds for SlimDevice on Network and high end audio.
So having read many posts I have many questions answered but like many novices have many more!!
I want to set up the rip settings and start the process knowing as best possible that what I rip will be a FLAC file that in all essence should sound as good as the original all things being equal.
My concern is that being a novice that I rip and then find out I should have done this or that in the settings etc...that would have made my rips sonically 'better'.
Maybe this is not a concern if I follow the setup guide etc..
So my experinces so far is to try ripping with all defaults for FLAC and did 10 cds and it went rather well...(not knowing about the settings)...it tool 2-3 min per cd and I tried the min/max compression settings...avg cd was 550mb went down to 300 or 330 ( high to low).
Files played back sound ok.
Then I discovered the Spoon Setup Guide and I went down the path, checked for C2 ( my drive detected C2 errors a few minutes into the test). So i bascially setup all the settings based on the guide.
Then I went back and re-ripped the 10 cds, the time went from 2-3 min to 5 min - 6 min.
I noticed from the initial rip in BURST mode all cds ripped with accuraterip ok.
Now in secure mode some rip with accuraterip ok and others go thru a laborioulsy secure and ultra secure rip process ...the rips sound ok?
So my questions:
If I use burst mode, and I see accurate ok, the nice little checkmark ok then do i need to run in secure mode at all?
Why is there a secure mode?
Why is there a scure mode and then an ultrasecure mode??
If there is a section in the FAQ's that has this info, I missed it.
Anyway I enjoy the product so far and will most likely register and purchase..which leads me to these questions:
1. Right now I only want to RIP. So the Free version is ok.
2. Later if I wanted to burn back from FLAC to CD...What version would I get?
3. I have i7 940 cpu with mulitple cores. What version would i get?
I think the answer is the $36 reference. Which is fine.
This is a one time charge and minor verison updates are included. But major ones are not?
So in summary it would be nice to have a novice FAQ that would say do this and do that..and if the output is "xxx" then burst is ok for you with your drive.
IF not then you need secure mode with these settings.
Thanks in advance !
Alex
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