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Exact Audio Copy
Exact Audio Copy is a CD audio grabber that supports SCSI as well as ATAPI CD-ROM drives. It features Jitter correction and 3 levels of extraction - Secure, Fast and Burst extraction methods. It uses ...
Average of 5 user ratings: 
- Apr 02, 2007
- For version:
- 0.95 beta 4
Perfect and then some 
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I agree with everything said by reviewer "charlesk" below. To add to it, this program reads and corrects errors better than most so called cd data recovery applications(some support audio ripping). I have ripped disks with EAC that looked awful and would not play in most players. Just let EAC configure your drives on installation and choose for it to read as accurately as possible. Now you have the best tool you could hope for to save your scratched up cd's. Some people might hope for a prettier interface that has animation and such, but I am not one of those people. My XP machines even look like 98 on steroids :-) Less flash = More fast
Review by: pcs800 (191)
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- Aug 07, 2006
- For version:
- 0.95 prebeta 5
Best, error correcting ripper available
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
I used a dozen other rippers but often found later there was an tick, jump, or other error in the audio. I needed to find a program that sampled the audio multiple times to ensure 100% accurate extraction. I was desperate (crazy) enough I considered writing my own when I found Exact Audio Copy. It does exactly what I want, produces extremely accurate rips, and also uses the "accurate rip database" to make doubly sure the extract is correct (via checksums). If anything seems suspicious it gives excellent reports and a direct way to play the possible problem section. If you're going to spend time transferring your CDs to the computer, do it right the first time with this program. It can write out MP3, Ogg and normal wav files; plus it has a very good, flexible system to automatically save your songs any way you want them. It may be slower, but that's because it's eliminating reading errors. Very impressive.
Review by: CharlesK (12)
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- Jun 25, 2006
- For version:
- 0.95 prebeta 5
Works well for me
- Interface: 4
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 5
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Okay, I admit it...I don't always take the best care of my CDs. A lot of my CDs are quite scratched, and when I went to rip them, I found that iTunes often couldn't do the job. So I downloaded EAC and gave that a try--what a difference! EAC was able to rip almost all of my CDs perfectly. It is a bit slow, but the results are worth it.
Review by: Raineth (3)
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- Oct 29, 2004
- For version:
- 0.95 prebeta 5
Eac .. digital audio extraction.
- Interface: 5
- Features: 5
- Ease of use: 4
- Value: 5
- Overall:
Many of us have found EAC to be the best. I really believe it is the best of them all. Yes, it takes some getting used to. EAC will write CDs too. It does an excellent job and I do it all the time. You also should get the Lame Encoder 3.90.3 as that it what most all of us use and trust. I rip CDs and save uncompressed wav files and write those back to (high grade) blank CDs. My MP3s are Lame Encoded - VBR (Alt-standard).. Excellent Program ... Grab it! Search google for - Rip & Encode CD Audio, Radified, Dmitry Kutsanov, Lame Encoder, EAC Tutorials.
Review by: TideWalker (25)
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- Jun 01, 2004
- For version:
- 0.95 prebeta 5
Slow but very efficient
- Interface: 4
- Features: 4
- Ease of use: 3
- Value: 5
- Overall:
It is not the fastest ripper available but it is s for sure one of the most efficient and safe. Besides, we can encode in almost any available format, from "flac" to MP3, it accepts all. Great program
Review by: ArturN (39)
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