Thanks to Monkey's Audio and Media Monkey (as my audio player) and some spare hard-drives, I'm in the process of re-ripping my CDS and re-building my music library to replace all my 64-bit MP3s. By keping back-up copies of Monkey's Audio APE files on a different hard drive (either as straight copies from one drive to another, or imaged with Powerquest Drive Image), you can be certain of bit-for-bit quality restorations, should the drive with your original WAVs fail.And Monkey's Audio is easy to use, follow the suggested routine for compressing your files (High and Extra High are perfectly acceptable for those of you with audophile ears), and you won't go wrong. I like the fact that Monkey's Audio files sound GREAT when played back from my desktop's soundcard into my home Hi-Fi (Denon Amplifier and Speakers, the good quality of which I think speak for themselves). With a little bit of time and effort, Monkey's Audio lets you have 'the best of both worlds' as far as quality, restorability, and ease-of-use is concerned (sorry, that should be the best of three worlds!).

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