ripping original cds

some people say that, when you rip an orginal cd to your pc, and you burn it after...you wouldnt get the same quality as on the orginal cd..is this tru ?

I imagine this would be the case seeing as it compresses it and then decompresses it. How much you lose would come down to the program being used I would suspect.

j.reed wrote: I imagine this would be the case seeing as it compresses it and then decompresses it. How much you lose would come down to the program being used I would suspect.

i see..but what programme(s) would you or someome one else recommend, to get the most quality songs ripped?

ok..thank you soo much..i'l try it :D

daniel gt1 wrote: some people say that, when you rip an orginal cd to your pc, and you burn it after...you wouldnt get the same quality as on the orginal cd..is this tru ?

Some people'd be wrong. For an .mp3 rip, even if you don't burn it back to a CD, the original signal is trashed. If you rip to .wav or .flac, or Lossless .m4a, (or ANY lossless format, for that matter) then the quality will be identical upon re-burn. If you're worried about it, rip the entire CD to an image, and then return it to a destination CD... Bit for bit copy, thus there cannot be any loss.It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

haemphyst wrote: daniel gt1 wrote: some people say that, when you rip an orginal cd to your pc, and you burn it after...you wouldnt get the same quality as on the orginal cd..is this tru ? Some people'd be wrong. For an .mp3 rip, even if you don't burn it back to a CD, the original signal is trashed. If you rip to .wav or .flac, or Lossless .m4a, (or ANY lossless format, for that matter) then the quality will be identical upon re-burn. If you're worried about it, rip the entire CD to an image, and then return it to a destination CD... Bit for bit copy, thus there cannot be any loss.

Good stuff to know. I don't rip anything much anymore but, very good information to know.

j.reed wrote: haemphyst wrote: daniel gt1 wrote: some people say that, when you rip an orginal cd to your pc, and you burn it after...you wouldnt get the same quality as on the orginal cd..is this tru ? Some people'd be wrong. For an .mp3 rip, even if you don't burn it back to a CD, the original signal is trashed. If you rip to .wav or .flac, or Lossless .m4a, (or ANY lossless format, for that matter) then the quality will be identical upon re-burn. If you're worried about it, rip the entire CD to an image, and then return it to a destination CD... Bit for bit copy, thus there cannot be any loss. Good stuff to know. I don't rip anything much anymore but, very good information to know.

^^^^piont taken very effectively..:)..thx guyz..i'm learning much more now