Riptopia CD-Ripping Service for iPod and MP3 Player Loading (100 CDs to Digital Music) Review
Before I used Riptopia, I ripped 20 CD’s myself. It took about 4 minutes per CD. Let me be clear, that was just the time it took computer to change the music into digits after I hit the “rip-button” on window’s media player. So, you have to add the cumulative time it takes to open every CD, put it in the computer get the process going again, then either sit in the office or go kill ten minutes. Altogether, two hours of wasted time. Only problem, I actually OWN 200 CDs!! One other thing, my wife has some music that Windows Media player didn’t recognize. So, it asked me to type in the CD title and songs myself! Guess what, riptopia must have done that for me because it all came back perfect. So, considering that I can blow 100 bucks on one nice dinner with my wife out in town, I don’t think spending 100 bucks to have have her and I enjoy everyone of our CD’s on an i-pod or on our sonos system (we own both) is expensive. Now she listens to her music in the bedroom and I listen to mine in the living room. Oh… and might I add that she is much happier when she listens to her favorite songs. A husband can TRULY appreciate that! Now we listen to music that we bought years ago, we throw parties with all our favorite music ( and the CD’s are stowed away forever). Cocktail party? Jazz collection; Game night?? 80’s and 90’s rock collection; Working out? House-music; Wrestling kids?? Lego-Bionicles soundtrack!! I’m telling you.. digital music and Riptopia are one of the few technology combinations that really make life more fun for us. Oh… one other thing, after reading the review saying that high-end players don’t need this, I went to the Riptopia webpage cause my speakers and cables are very high-end. They offer a bunch of other formats and rates for higher prices. When I called to ask wbout it, the guy on the phone told me they had one customer with 16,000 CD’s once. He was pretty picky too!
Riptopia CD-Ripping Service for iPod and MP3 Player Loading (100 CDs to Digital Music) Feature
- 100 of your favorite CDs converted to HD digital music
- Ready to upload into iTunes and all iPod and iPhone models
- Universally compatible with all other brands of mp3 players, phones, and computers
- Superior quality digital music that includes detailed CD information and album art
- All CDs are insured and returned at the end of processing
Tired of ripping CDs? Riptopia is the quick and easy way to turn the CDs you love into high quality digital music. Fill your iPod, phone, or MP3 player with high definition digital music; each CD is converted for $.99 per CD, or the same price of a single digital song! Your 100 favorite CDs are turned into professional digital music that is backed up onto DVDs in case your iPod is lost or your computer malfunctions. Even the most well loved CDs can be digitized with Riptopia’s patent pending systems. A per order insurance and handling charge keeps your precious music secure. At the end of processing, your original CDs are returned along with your new digital music with rich artist and album information including bright digital album art.Riptopia Digital Music Compatibility: Riptopia music is compatible with all models of Apple iPod nano, mini, iPod 4G (Clickwheel), iPod 5G/5.5G Video, iPod Shuffle, iPhone, Microsoft Zune, Creative Zen, iRiver, Sandisk Sansa, Sonos, Roku, Squeezebox, Coby, Samsung YP, Nokia 5300 Express, LG Chocolate, LG enV, LG Muziq, LG Fusic, and Motorola KRZR. Also compatible with iTunes for Mac or Windows.
Riptopia CD-Ripping Service for iPod and MP3 Player Loading (100 CDs to Digital Music) Specifications
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Riptopia is the quick and easy way to turn the CDs you love into high quality digital music. Fill your iPod, phone, or MP3 player with high definition digital music; each CD is converted for $.99 per CD, or the same price of a single digital song! Your 100 favorite CDs are turned into professional digital music that is backed up onto DVDs in case your iPod is lost or your computer malfunctions. Even the most well loved CDs can be digitized with Riptopia’s patent pending systems. A per order insurance and handling charge keeps your precious music secure. At the end of processing, your original CDs are returned along with your new digital music with rich artist and album information including bright digital album art.
Take Back Your Weekends.
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Your Entire CD Collection In Your Back Pocket.
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The Same Accurate Music Data and Album Art as Apple Music Store.
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Your Digital Music Backed Up and Protected.
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Save Valuable Time
Ripping 100s of CDs on a home computer can take weeks, even months. Most people do not have the time, patience, or technical knowledge to suffer through such a long, tediuous endeavor. Riptopia processes thousands of CDs a day. This amazing capacity was designed for both speed and accuracy and is unparalleled in the digital music industry. Now you have access to the same professional processing used by record labels, radio stations, and online music sites. You only need to digitize your CD collection once, so do it right. Plus, Riptopia is available in three different service levels: 50 CDs, 100 CDs, and 200 CDs.
Ensure Superior Sound Quality
Riptopia ensures that your new music sounds fantastic by digitizing to higher technical standards then digital music sold online. Riptopia’s Nirvana processing system was optimized for used CD collections. Created by experts in the scientific and academic fields, the Nirvana system can resurrect CDs that appear to be unplayable, turning forgotten music into rediscovered gems.
Provide Vital Album Information
Digital players allow a specific song or artist to be found in an instant–provided the album information embedded in the digital song is correct and consistant. Riptopia’s CleanTag process embeds accurate music information, including vibrant album art, into the music files to simplify these searches. The process starts with a database of 70 million unique songs in 80 different languages from our partners Gracenote and Muze (The same data partners as Apple Music Store). CleanTag then combines a verification system and a team of musicologists to check the album data for accuracy and completeness. The result is easily searchable music that is accurate–important for rock and pop but critical for classical and jazz.
Back Up Your Digital Music
Riptopia delivers your new digital music library on high density data DVDs. Each DVD can hold up to 100 of your CDs. After uploading your music onto your computer, iPod, phone, or music server, the DVDs can be stored in case your digital player is misplaced or your hard drive crashes. Having the piece of mind that your digital collection is protected is a key reason for having Riptopia’s professional service create your digital music archive.
Easy As 1, 2, 3
After placing your order, Amazon will send you everything you need to securely pack your CDs and ship them for processing. The CD Collection Kit includes spindles to hold your CDs along with protective padding and a pre-paid and insured shipping label. Simply load your CDs onto the spindles, seal the box and ship. In a few days Riptopia will return your new digital music library on data DVDs, along with your original CDs. You are now ready to enjoy your perfectly portable, easily sortable digital music library for loading onto your iPod, computer, or music phone.
Riptopia Digital Music Compatibility
Riptopia music is compatible with all models of Apple iPod nano, mini, iPod 4G (Clickwheel), iPod 5G/5.5G Video, iPod Shuffle, iPod Touch, iPhone, Microsoft Zune, Creative Zen, iRiver, Sandisk Sansa, Sonos, Roku, Squeezebox, Coby, Samsung YP, Nokia 5300 Express, LG Chocolate, LG enV, LG Muziq, LG Fusic, and Motorola KRZR. Also compatible with iTunes for Mac or Windows.
Customer Reviews
Riptopia Is Out of Business – P. Williams –
The company that provides the Riptopia CD ripping service sold by Amazon is no longer in business. Although the Riptopia name has been bought by another company, the pre-paid return shipping label contained in the box sold by Amazon goes to the Washington D.C. address of the old company. UPS cannot deliver the package and it ends up in UPS’s “corporate overgoods” department (a fancy name for lost and found). It took me almost a month to get my CDs back from UPS, since I wasn’t the shipper — the out-of-business Riptopia firm was the shipper since they paid for the shipping label. The company that bought the Riptopia name and now maintains the Riptopia web site is located in Connecticut; they do not have a contract with Amazon to rip CDs and they were unable to get UPS to ship my CDs to them. If you’re interested in having your CDs ripped, I’d recommend you deal directly with the company who will perform the service.
Time is Money – J. Paul – Seattle, WA
Seems like people either love or hate this service. I guess it all depends on how valuable your time is.
Is it so stupid to take your car to a carwash (can’t you pay the teenager next door to do it?)
Same thing here. We have people clean our homes, cars, do our laundry, taxes, etc etc because many of us have better things to do and can afford it.
I just read a review about a guy with 5000 CDs. A professional processing company like Riptopia can do that in a week. Let’s see the next door neighbor do that!
Useless Service – Master Bates – San Diego
If you have an mp3-Player, the assumption is you know at least how to connect your player to a PC and use software like iTunes to load mp3 files to your device. Thus you already know more than necessary to also rip your CDs with easy-to-use, free-of-charge ripping software such as audiograbber, winamp etc.. My son does it everyday, he is 8! Ripping 1 CD takes him about 1 minute, so 100 CDs will take a bit over 1-1/2 hours. So why would anyone need Riptopia, pay 0 and go through the hassle of packaging & shiping off his/her CD collection, waiting for weeks just to receive back ROM-discs with mp3s encoded at unknown/random bitrates which in turn have to be transfered back from DVD to PC. What a useless service!
Rip-off-topia! – J. Garvin – N. Hollywood, CA USA
I can see how enticing saving some time would be… I own over 5,000 CD’s and ripping them has taken years… But 0 for 100 Cd’s is a crime, considering the low bit rate Riptopia transfers at. You could hire the kid down the street to do the same job for a quarter of the money. Save your 0 and spend it at your local independent music store for 8 more CD’s!!
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