I love music! I have hundreds of CDs in my collection, a few of which have survived since from the late 1980s. I have an original copy of Nirvana’s Nevermind, Foo Fighters debut album, and many compilation CDs that cover generations of groups and artists. I also have a Spotify streaming account, but I want to own the music I listen to. Having the CDs is great, but that isn’t much use when I am out walking the dog. So how can I take my music with me when out and about? I need to rip the audio CDs.
Ripping CDs was a popular activity around 15 to 20 years ago. Heck, I remember ripping audio CDs to MP2 (not a typo!) on an AMD K6-2 333. It took plenty of computing power back then, but now even a Raspberry Pi can rip an audio CD and convert the output to MP3 without breaking a sweat.
