I have tried ripping all my CD into Ape, Flac, into my usb Hdd. i works for me, i have no commence, sound reproduction is OK, through i am not a Audiophile user.m I think it is a very economical way of doing it.
Joker, there are usually no issues in ripping the CDs. If you use something like EAC and the online databases, you will usually get a rip that is 90-100% accurate. The issues are always in the playing side. How do you play the files to get the same sound quality as a CD Player is the question.