What is the best way to copy an audio cd to my computer, whilst keeping the highest possible quality of sound?

Answer 1

If highest quality is important and storage size is not important then save in wav format.



quoted from a wikipedia article ...

Uncompressed WAV files are quite large in size, so, as file sharing over the Internet has become popular, alongside miniature portable music players such as the iPod, the WAV format has declined in popularity as a format for transmission. However, it is still a commonly used, relatively "pure", i.e. lossless, file type, suitable for retaining "first generation" archived files of high quality, or use on a system where high fidelity sound is required and disk space is not restricted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV

Answer 2

copying an audio CD is known as ripping. windows media player amongst a wide range of other programs can rip from CD to your computer.
The highest possible bit rate on an XP based computer is 320kbps (though this depends on your audio card and its chip-set as to what it can handle) if you rip at that quality that is the best quality you will get on your computer. though at that bit rate a CD will take up quite a lot of disc space.
so where possible you can get away with half that or less and the quality is normally pretty good (not bad compared to the CD) whilst keeping the file size down enough to maximise the space on your mp3/wma player.

Answer 3

Open up Windows Media Player and adjust the settings to give best quality MP3 when ripping. Then insert your CD and Rip away. The music should automatically be named if you have the Internet connected at the same time. Job Done.

Answer 4

http://www.snapfiles.com/

http://www.computeractive.co.uk/downloads/