Best program for ripping CD's?

EdwardTeach

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I dont have a CD player at the moment (no space), so I want to rip all my CD's and put them on my computer.

I will be listening to the music from the computer, or via my Iphone 3GS. What is the highest quality audio format that the iphone can support?

What is the best (free) program for ripping CD's to this format?
 
Is that the highest quality the iphone supports?

I just tried ripping a CD using media player, and I didn't seem to be given any option as to the file format the ripped files are converted into.
 
joeyjojo said:
The quality you need is determined by the quality of what you're listening with. Better DACs/amps/speakers/headphones will reveal more of the detail in the music, but it may be overkill to rip lossless if listening on ipod earbuds etc.

For me, space isn't an issue. I rip to FLAC (lossless and platform independent) using dbPoweramp or Exact Audio Copy (not free and free respectively). These are proper ripping software with very good error correction. FWIW I use foobar 2000 as my media player.

MP3 is pretty old hat, but CBR 320 was originally chosen as the upper bitrate limit as the devs felt 320 would be transparent to the vast majority. Therefore, MP3 CBR 320 is almost certainly a safe bet for a long term copy of your tunes. Not to mention the files are still much smaller than lossless. Personally I would use VBR level 0, 1, or 2, as the space saving can be significant with imperceptible loss is quality.

AAC can do the same perceived quality as MP3 at lower bitrates. For example, even 128 (stereo) is considered to be pretty good. Again, VBR is better, I would use q=0.4 probably if I went this route. The Nero AAC encoder is a good one for setting up with EAC.

So, what do you listen on?
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I will be listening on My iphone through either goldring ns1000's or ultimate ears 700's.

The iphone cant handle FLAC.

These are the formats it supports:

AAC (8 to 320 Kbps),
Protected AAC (from iTunes Store),
HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps),
MP3 VBR,
Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio,
AAX, and AAX+),
Apple Lossless,
AIFF, and WAV

Of these what would you say it best quality/ and/ or the most suitable for an iphone considering it has limited space?
 
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