I absolutely love the CD. I can’t really explain why – maybe I’m old fashioned, or maybe I grew up in a weird time – but I remember going to the local music store to buy a new CD on Tuesdays and listening to it in the car when I got home, or stuffing it in my Discman. (Yes, I had one of those.)
Nostalgia or not, I think they’re still very useful: CDs are physical backups of all the music you can’t live without. Plus, they’re a great source of high-quality, lossless music. Now you have rip CDs before and they are not lossless. Can you make digital files copied from your CD sound better? You bet.
Exact Audio Clone (EAC) calls itself the “audio grabber” for audio CDs. I think that’s the correct description—it basically copies (or “rips”) music from a CD to your hard drive. Why use this over default ripping software like iTunes or Windows Media Player? Exact Audio Copy reads and copies files almost perfectly perfectly. I’ve had cases where iTunes and Windows Media Player failed me (they seem to crash the others as well), while EAC has proven to be reliable, especially when retrieving music from damaged discs.
First of all, EAC allows you to rip CDs in compressed format (.mp3) or uncompressed format (.wav). If you plan to import audio files and use them on your iPod, I recommend importing them in .mp3 format. Naturally, the uncompressed files will be larger and will take longer to import; if you’re short on time (or patience), look for compressed files.
When you try to create an archive for the first time, EAC asks you to find a file named lame_enc.dll. Don’t worry about this — just follow the instructions and link they give you. This problem can be resolved very quickly and only happens once. If you are still lost, you can find lame_enc.dll.
As you might expect, the latest version of EAC allows you to collect meta tags from online databases such as freedb. This means you are practically one click away from getting information about CDs as well as high-quality visual art. That said, I would definitely prefer if EAC did this automatically, like iTunes, Windows Media Player and Songbird are capable of doing.
There’s also a somewhat clumsy method used to gather the Lyrics for the CD you’re trying to import, where you go through each song and choose the right set of lyrics. I don’t like this method and would definitely prefer it if they chose one by default and asked you to confirm with a simple yes or no answer.
I find the EAC really useful for testing audio equipment and for enjoying my favorite albums. If you have hard drive space and find that you want to listen to higher quality music, check out Exact Audio Copy!
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