Cd Ripping Software reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 207 Reddit reviews across 17 subreddits and 26 posts to rank the best Cd Ripping Software brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/audiophile, r/Cd_collectors, r/linux, r/audio, r/ipod. Top-rated brands include dBpoweramp (4.8/5), Exact Audio Copy (4.6/5), XLD (4.3/5).
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Reviews207
Subreddits17
Posts26
Brands37
Products2
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#1
dBpoweramp
4.8
(50)
"On Windows either dBPowerAmp or Exact Audio Copy."
"I use dbPoweramp"
"I bough dbPowerAmp and am very happy with it."
"Been using DBPoweramp for years."
"DBPoweramp"
"DBpoweramp and it was like night and day difference in ripping speed"
"DB Power Amp is as competent as EAC but also gets metadata and things."
"This! I use it for years now, best one for sure!"
"Dbpoweramp"
"DBpoweramp"
#2
Exact Audio Copy
4.6
(50)
"On Windows either dBPowerAmp or Exact Audio Copy."
"Exact Audio Copy has been solid for me for years."
"Exact Audio Copy is the best free software to rip accurate flac files."
"EAC or dbpower amp cd ripper. I personally prefer the latter"
"On PC, EAC for ripping, MP3tag for tagging and Foobar as library management and player."
"+1 for Exact Audio Copy, been using it to make FLACs for a decade now."
"Starting with FLAC using EAC as mentioned."
"EAC or dBpoweramp. Rip to flac. Period."
"Exact Audio Copy (EAC) - The official download ships with FLAC"
"Exact Audio Copy is the way."
#3
XLD
4.3
(13)
"XLD if you’re on a Mac."
"DBPowerAmp or XLD to do secure rips."
"Second for XLD"
"Use X Lossless Decoder(XLD). Great and simple tool to convert anything to anything."
"Pretty much any CD/DVD ROM > XLD > ALAC"
"You want to use XLD."
"I have a Mac and XLD is great."
"XLD is great, haven’t used it for ripping but i use it to convert FLAC to ALAC so i can use them with iTunes & my iPod"
"If on mac, xld is a good choice, i prefer to rip to apple lossless though as its more compatible than flac overall"
"A very close second choice to EAC. I use it alot for my personal use, but the private torrent sites insist on valid log files generated by EAC and X-Lossless for mac."
#4
Fre:ac
4.3
(7)
"Been using fre:ac the last few months and it's been excellent. Currently ripping my old CDs to FLAC."
"Fre:ac is excellent"
"Fre:ac"
"I'm on Mac and have been using freac. Works pretty well and encodes to just about anything."
"I like ripping to OPUS files for the smaller file size so I use fre:ac"
"I used fre:ac back in the day, but it's so long since I ripped CD's."
"Fre:ac or cdparanoia"
#5
CueRipper
4.0
(7)
"CUERipper is my primary. So far so good!"
"CUERipper"
"I’d start with CUERipper just because it can fix marginal rips out of the box"
"CUERipper has been working pretty well for me."
"I personally just use EAC or CUERipper and do the tagging in a separate step with Mp3tag and/or foobar2000."
"For Windows, Exact Audio Copy, CUERipper, and CDex are about the best CD rippers to go with."
"I'm surprised that [CueRipper](http://www.cuetools.net/wiki/CUERipper) hasn't been mentioned yet."
#6
Asunder
3.9
(7)
"Give Asunder a try! It ticks all the boxes and you'll love the freedom Linux Mint offers!"
"Love Asunder, simple, all the right options for me :)"
"I use Asunder."
"Most of your needs could/should be covered with Asunder."
"Linux has a great CD ripper called Asunder."
"[Asunder.](http://littlesvr.ca/asunder/) Uses neroaacenc for encoding which is much better than faac."
"Looks like Asunder using cdparanoia as it's ripping lib. I don't believe Asunder or cdparanoia have support for AccurateRip, which is a shame."
#7
CDex
4.3
(6)
"CDEX was always my go to"
"CDEX was always my go to"
"I've been using CDEx for a long time, but it's been so long since I tried anything else that I couldn't say how the options compare or what the actual best is. I just know that CDEx works for me."
"I've been using CDEX for 20 years and it does most of what you speak"
"*Back in my day* we used CDex and we liked it."
"For Windows, Exact Audio Copy, CUERipper, and CDex are about the best CD rippers to go with."
#8
Foobar2000
4.0
(6)
"Foobar2000 works well"
"Foobar2000. Musicbrainz for meta info"
"FLAC Plugin for FUBAR2000"
"Foobar."
"I use foobar. Works fine for ripping."
#9
iTunes
3.8
(6)
"ITunes is also good, especially if you use an iPhone or iPod."
"I do just use iTunes. Only use XLD to convert FLACs i’ve “acquired” to ALAC for iTunes"
"Speaking of iTunes, why not just use iTunes?"
"With Stock OS, using iTunes is the easiest option"
"I just used iTunes and ripped ALAC."
"I just use iTunes for ripping CDs to Apple Lossless."
#10
Sound Juicer
3.8
(5)
"Sound Juicer? I just like how easy it is to use."
"It does everything I want it to do in the right order too."
"I used Sound Juicer for years. It's never let me down."
"Try soundjuicer."
"Sound Juicer
Still these are good ones also."
#11
Whipper
4.3
(4)
"I use Whipper. Detects correct read offset, verifies rip accuracy using the AccurateRip database, uses MusicBrainz for metadata lookup."
"For this Linux I use Whipper"
"Also been an ardent user of Whippet since it's Morituri days.. Worth noting the latest Cyanrip (0.9.2) also now produces .cue sheets."
"I recently discovered Whipper for CD ripping. It’s command line but it supports secure ripping and using the Musicbrainz database."
#12
abcde
4.0
(4)
"Abcde, whipper"
"Abcde"
"I previously used Asunder. A few weeks ago I tried abcde and like it."
"I think abcde is the tried and true method in Linux."
#13
MusicBee
4.0
(4)
"I use MusicBee with AccuRip for like 90% of my rips"
"MisicBee!"
"It has a pretty competent CD ripper with automatic metadata."
"Music Bee is pretty good at this. I use it as a media player but it has tools and can rip to FLAC."
#14
Windows Media Player
3.8
(4)
"Windows Media has been my tool for 25 years."
"Windows Media Player still works great for FLAC, WAV and MP3"
"... i just use windows media player, it only gives me problems occasionally."
"Windows media player will rip your CDs and its built into every windows pc."
#15
K3b
3.5
(4)
"K3B does a good job with metadata. It's one of the best software I've used."
"I've always used K3B, but haven't ripped CDs in quite a while."
"Audex / K3b. Tried many over years, never found anything that even comes close to Win/iTunes."
"I've used K3b for years, but the last few years it often freezes up and becomes unresponsive."
#16
CDParanoia
4.3
(3)
"Cdparanoia is probably the best ripper in existence, and I've been using it for many, many years."
"Cdparanoia"
"Cdparanoia works on MacOS."
#17
Max
4.0
(2)
"I use MAX."
"I've used Max, which is made by the same guy and uses cdparanoia."
#18
LG
4.0
(2)
"I have an LG Blu-ray drive that was cheap and works well."
"My LG works."
#19
VLC Media Player
3.5
(2)
"VLC media player is an excellent free software for encoding cds to mp3s or flac."
"I've always just used VLC media player."
#20
AudioGrabber
3.5
(2)
"Up on Adiograbber, if you can find it."
"Incidentally, you can still use AudioGrabber to rip CDs to MP3 or other formats."
#21
RipperX
3.5
(2)
"I tried multiple out and finally settled on RipperX."
"I personally use ripperX."
#22
Apple
3.0
(2)
"The best one (as in most likely to work without problems) is the one that Apple sells."
"I do *not* recommend it. It demands to be connected directly to the computer and not through a USB hub."
#23
Apple Music
5.0
(1)
"Apple Music of course. Why would you use anything else. It automatically titles the album and names all the song and adds the artwork."
#24
Sony Music Center
4.0
(1)
"Sony Music Center is what I use."
#25
Swinsian
4.0
(1)
"Then you can organize your music with Swinsian (iTunes clone)."
#26
cuetools
4.0
(1)
"Cueripper. Is like eac."
#27
AnyBurn
4.0
(1)
"I like using AnyBurn. It freeware and works fine for me."
#28
Grip
4.0
(1)
"I still use Grip on Linux."
#29
EZ CD Audio Converter
4.0
(1)
#30
MediaMonkey
4.0
(1)
"I still use MediaMonkey pro. Does everything you mentioned snd was finally updated with qol improvements in v5."
#31
MusicBrainz Picard
4.0
(1)
"For music tagging try Music Brainz Picard."
#32
xACT
4.0
(1)
"Either xACT or XLD will do what you want."
#33
cyanrip
4.0
(1)
"I use cyanrip. It's pretty much exactly what you want (I believe), unless you also want a GUI"
#34
Audio Cleaner Pro
4.0
(1)
"For ripping, restoration and conversions I use [Audio Cleaner Pro](http://www.magix.com/us/music-converter/)"
#35
J. River Media Center
4.0
(1)
"I've used J. River for years with a lot of success."
#36
Fairstar CD Ripper
4.0
(1)
"I personally use Fairstar CD ripper. Works well for me"
#37
X Lossless Decoder
4.0
(1)
"I was finally able to get XLD to open."
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