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My rating:
5 stars
Product:

Audiograbber

Version: 1.83

Absolutely Awesome

Pros: I have used this program for years. I have not had a problem with it. It is by far the best CD ripper I have used. It has all the right stuff. I am not a tech when it comes to CD ripping, I just want it to rip what I want, how I want and where I want it to go and this one does the best job fo them all. After you get over the hurdle of downloading the "Lame" encoder and putting it in the Audiograbber folder you never have to mess with it again. I really like the way I can start the rip anywhere in the song and end it anywhere I want. I can cut out any intro or outro junk I don't want with its start time and end times. I like the VU meter it has and the normalizing feature. Its really a great program.

Cons: Its just that you have to read the "help"

files to find out how to get it to rip to MP3. You have to go and download the "Lame" encoder then extract it to the

program folder. Why can't they just put it in the program if its all free anyway?

Posted: 31-Jan-2005 09:47:25 PM

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My rating:
5 stars
Product:

AP Tuner

Version: 3.06

Absolutely Awesome

Pros: This thing rocks! It is very responsive, has a tone position indicator at the bottom as well as seeing the needle move on the screen. Has over a dozen preset open tunings for slide players. Does Bass and 12-string as well. Can change the color of everything to suite your fancy.

Most importantly, it really works.

Cons: I have yet to find any drawbacks to this program.

Posted: 31-Jan-2005 09:35:15 PM

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My rating:
2 stars
Product:

InterVideo DVD Copy

Version: 3.0

Barely works!

Pros: It has a great GUI and that's about it.

After wading through all the settings just to get ready to rip a movie, you just might find you can't get it to copy.

I was unable to get this program to do a copy before it failed.

Cons: The program seems to stop burning before the progress bar reaches the end. The LBN count continues long after my burner stopped burning. It definitely has issues!

Posted: 31-Jan-2005 10:18:49 PM

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My rating:
1 stars
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Advanced System Optimizer

Version: 2.01.4

Too Much Trouble

I am not new to system management. I have used the simple RegClean ever since I found in the back files of Win95. I understand that if you don't keep a clean system and then try to install a heay duty reg cleaner like Advanced System Opti.. it will crash your system. What people don't understand is that by the time you think you need one of these programs its to late! Its time to fdisk don't even bother running a reg cleaner program. Anyhoo... I like to keep my system in top condition. I have been using Windows Ultra Cleaner for a long time, but wanted something stronger. I have had great success with a program called Registry First Aid, outstanding product. Well, I was thinking there could be something even better. Well I came across this guy Advanced System Optimizer, So I gave it a try. Very nice interface, well laid out, lots of help screens, which is very important with this type of product, and a whole lotta features. I would liked to have seen a one button does all configuration since there is soooo many options and features. Well I let it rip. It did just fine for a day or two. Then strange things began to happen. I noticed it took over my entire system. I don't like that. Things started to come up missing. I no longer could get my email. Then no internet. No network pinters. Slowly no windows. This happened over a three day period. I wound up pulling out my tape backup and getting back to normal. I would say the only feature I could really use was the reg defragger. Then I would have to uninstall ASAP after running it. Anything else was just too many steps to get one thing accomplished. Hope this helps.

Posted: 06-Jan-2005 09:40:01 PM

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My rating:
2 stars
Product:

ImTOO CD Ripper

Version: 1.0.19.127

It works

Pros: This is a simple 2D program with no frills. It has the Lame encoder already in the program which is nice.

Cons: The program sends the ripped file to a series of output folders which are cumbersome, you wind up deleting them. The files can be output in a format, thats after you understand the format syntax and practice with it to get the right output format you want. The fastforward and reverse didn't work for me along with the skip forward and reverse. If click and rip, then some file renaming and dragging and dropping don't bother you then use this program, otherwise try Audiograbber.

Posted: 31-Jan-2005 10:08:31 PM

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