Music conversion.

[meno377]

This is the way people should do this. Try to keep the inherent quality level of the CD audio format for your archive, so it is more true to what you purchased, and then transcode as needed to your devices for mobile play.

Yep. Flac is the best way to preserve audio on the cheap.

[stilly]

I am just to dang analog. Can someone explain or post a link on to how to get the music off these flat plastic discs called CD's on to my galaxy S6 so I can tune out on a flight. Running Windows 10.

An app that doses this would be cool too.

Dude get a ripper! Audiograbber or audiocatalyst works, but there are others too.

Make sure to get one that connects to the CDDB and pulls down the artist info and all.

Lemme know if you need special assistance. I have several on hand.

Goddammit. I am late to the party...

[SonofWWIIDI]

Maybe try this:

http://www.dummies.com/consumer-electronics/smartphones/samsung-galaxy/how-to-transfer-files-with-a-usb-cable-to-the-samsung-galaxy-note-3/

[acoop101]

iTunes will do it, and keep your music in a library, you will need to figure where it is storing the music files to get them on your phone.

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[the86d]

Find and use something less proprietary than iTunes (only one of Apple's bloatware suites, install Quicktime too, and Safari, AND Bonjour... if you want to waste your time), and AAC...

ARE MP3's still the industry standard (aside from FLAC, that might be huge)?

I don't listen to much mainstream music, so I am de-looped.

[Jimi Jah]

Get a hi res FLAC/wave player. You can pony up for a PONO or buy a $55 special Filo hi-res player from:

https://www.parts-express.com

https://www.mcmelectronics.com

FLAC those CD files or load 24 bit wave for better audio. Buy some nice cans to hear it all.

[WyGoSlw]

Moving to the next level, FLAC is the way to go. As stated the Fiio is a great option as it gives you the flexibility to change memory cards.
Match the Fiio with a pair of ATH M50x and you're pretty much in music nirvana.

[readysetgo]

Someone say "CD's?!"

Depends on your level of commitment, doing the FLAC and convert would be ideal. But it sounds like you just want it quick on your phone, in that case rip with itunes but change setting to mp3.

Archive your CDs to FLAC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLAC

From there, you can convert to whatever target lossy audio file format you need for a given device.

How many CD's we talking bigb?

[WartHog]

http://www.dummies.com/computers/operating-systems/windows-10/how-to-rip-cds-in-windows-10/

[holt7153]

Get a hi res FLAC/wave player. You can pony up for a PONO or buy a $55 special Filo hi-res player from:
www.parts-express.com
www.mcmelectronics.com

FLAC those CD files or load 24 bit wave for better audio. Buy some nice cans to hear it all.

CD audio is not compressed-you're not going improve it regardless of what you convert it to or play it back with. I agree on the nice headphones, though.

[stilly]

Find and use something less proprietary than iTunes (only one of Apple's bloatware suites, install Quicktime too, and Safari, AND Bonjour... if you want to waste your time), and AAC...

ARE MP3's still the industry standard (aside from FLAC, that might be huge)?

I don't listen to much mainstream music, so I am de-looped.

Yeah they are and snooty-err I mean serious audiophiles still prefer FLAC...

I-tunes can burn though. Leave that for the mac users that have their head so filled with all that BS koolaid. Because after all, we MUST appoint a hall-monitor to make sure that there is DRM! **** that...

MAYBE if all of the music folks did not lie and MAYBE if they started producing CDs for dirt cheap, you know, instead of that HUGE price gouge-err price hike that they do then MAYBE they would not need to worry much about DRM. But they have lied and they never fell through with what was said so they got this fight on their hands...

**** them all. Most of the music today is garbage anyways and they still charge the same damn price...

Never will I ever.

[gorn5150]

I use Media Monkey. It rips CD and will pull all the metadata off the net and embed it in your saved file. Fast and easy.

[Darryl Licht]

Archive your CDs to FLAC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLAC

From there, you can convert to whatever target lossy audio file format you need for a given device.

I agree, if you are an audiophile and have the storage space.
Unfortunately many phones and car audio players will not recognize flac... but that is changing!

foobar2000 is a good free option.

dBpoweramp is a great paid option.

[SheepDog78]

Rip CD to FLAC with Exact Audio Copy (free download) for digital archive. Transcode to MP3 with dBpoweramp for play on your personal devices, use V0 or V2 setting.

Whoever told you the Galaxy S6 won't recognize MP3s is an idiot.

[sholling]

Archive your CDs to FLAC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLAC

From there, you can convert to whatever target lossy audio file format you need for a given device.

Finally, some good advice! This is exactly the correct answer. If you have just a handful of CDs to rip then use one of the popular free rippers. If you're like me and own hundreds then you're better off investing in one with the better fully automated programs.

As for Windows players, Foobar 2000 is very good, very simple, and it's completely free.