iTunes isn't the most accurate or most powerful CD ripper, but it's the best for most people with demanding digitizing needs.

I love my CDs, but I cannot deny that they take up loads of space. CD collections are often big, bulky and annoying to move from point A to point B. Thankfully, there's a better way to listen to your ...

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CDs aren’t exactly cutting-edge in 2025. Since the peak years around the turn of the millennium, sales have plummeted because streaming services like Spotify have taken over. But there are still times ...

We hear from a lot of custom installers at Audioholics.… We hear from a lot of custom installers at Audioholics. This may be due in part to our coverage of trade shows and it might be due to the many ...

As a DJ I finally got sick of hauling around 1200+ cds to events, so I've converted most of them using Lame and stored them on a rack-mounted PC. I'm still working on ripping the rest and discarding ...

I can’t remember the last time I played music on a spinning compact disc. It’s been the better part of 20 years since I spent countless hours ripping CDs into a bloated MP3 collection, trying to call ...

Many listeners consider CD ripping to be a rather simple process, and for the most part, it is. The discs go in, your software performs a little magic, and your songs are copied to the hard drive. Of ...

Back in the 90s, I bought one of the first car stereo head units available that could play MP3 CDs. Not long after, I embarked on a massive CD ripping spree to convert my entire CD collection (around ...

I can put up with the guilt no longer. I confess; I rip CDs. I put them in the CD drive, and use freely available, totally legal software to convert the tracks to MP3 format. Then even worse I ...