I love my CDs, but I cannot deny that they take up loads of space. CD collections are often big, bulky and annoying to move from point A to point B. Thankfully, there's a better way to listen to your ...

If you use an iPod or iTunes, you're familiar with the process of ripping songs from CD to convert them from their uncompressed audio file format, AIFF, to a compressed file, usually MP3 or AAC. The ...

I have a Ricoh 32/12/10 CD-R/RW drive, and for some reason when I rip files, it is so slow! It takes two minutes to extract a three and a half minute song. I'd expect more from a 32x drive. Maybe it's ...

Two Washington-based companies have joined forces to offer a one-stop shop for iPod neophytes. MyerEmco AudioVideo is offering services from Riptopia — a company that specializes in “ripping” or ...

Is there any way to figure out what the audio quality is on a given DVD, beyond what the buzz words on the sleeve say? I have the 1st edition Ultravox Return To Eden DVD+2CD album, of which I ripped a ...

So a few weeks ago we reported that the RIAA had claimed that just ripping CDs was enough to get you sued. Later, jumping on the bandwagon, the Washington Post reported the same thing. Turns out, it’s ...