Rip your CDs at either AIFF (Apple's version of WAV) or Apple Lossless (Apple's version of FLAC). I went with Apple Lossless because I couldn't hear any differences, and Apple Lossless is 60% or so smaller than AIFF.
Use error correction as well. It takes a few minutes longer, but is better to my ears.
Save your library on an external hard drive, and buy another one as a backup.
To check what your CDs were ripped at, right click on a track, select "get info," and the first tab should say what bitrate it's stored as. 44.1k is redbook CD.
iTunes downloads are 256k, which aren't full CD quality.
Use error correction as well. It takes a few minutes longer, but is better to my ears.
Save your library on an external hard drive, and buy another one as a backup.
To check what your CDs were ripped at, right click on a track, select "get info," and the first tab should say what bitrate it's stored as. 44.1k is redbook CD.
iTunes downloads are 256k, which aren't full CD quality.