Re: [TCLUG:9589] Diamond RIO, MP3 ripper and linux

[Bob Tanner <tanner@real-time.com>]

Quoting Peter Lukas (peter@math.umn.edu):
> I've not seen any apps for uploading to the Rio, but I've been using
> BladeEnc.  It's not that bad, but playing the raw ripped source next to
> the BladeEnc'd source produces a noticible loss of sound quality.  

I am total mp3 newbie. What is the difference between raw ripped source and
the BladeEnc'd source ?

I am using grip, which I uses cdparanoia, which generates .wav (?) files
that are passed to BladeEnc for encoding (?) to mp3 is this right? 

Will get a a severe loss in quality?

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