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Originally Posted by Parato Optimal Say I want to make a mini archive back-up of an artist.
Would it be better to create it at one rate only to re-rip it to a lower rate when I want to go mobile with a bunch of songs?
Or, would it be better just to rip it at standard for both archiving purposes and mobile use? |
If you want to do this, I would recommend you keep your archive files lossless. Use FLAC or WavPack, and then when you want to put a song on your portable, convert it to mp3. There won't be any loss in quality for the mp3 compared to one you would create from the original wav file.
I think you would find on HydrogenAudio.org that many would say stay away from ripping to a lossy format, then converting it to another one. You'll lose more quality that way.
I have been re-ripping my CDs as FLAC files, using ExactAudioCopy (with AccurateRip installed). I use foobar2000 for playing, plus you can batch encode FLAC files to mp3.