Physical media and on-device music are making a comeback. A few instances of artists pulling their catalog from music streaming services can be all it takes to push people to try owning their music ...

Many listeners consider CD ripping to be a rather simple process, and for the most part, it is. The discs go in, your software performs a little magic, and your songs are copied to the hard drive. Of ...

Ed Rhee, a freelance writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is an IT veteran turned stay-at-home-dad of two girls. He focuses on Android devices and applications while maintaining a review blog ...

I have started the ball rolling on ripping cd's to flac. Slow but steady using EAC (Exact Audio Copy) to try and make it 'perfect' one and done. Catch is, EAC doesn't get album art. Ok, surely it ...

I had an email exchange with a reader last week about replacing a small CD player. He asked me for a CD player recommendation and I had to tell him that I don't really play CDs since I've ripped all ...