k3b vs Sound Juicer
When comparing k3b vs Sound Juicer, the Slant community recommends k3b for most people. In the question“What are the best CD rippers for UNIX-like systems?” k3b is ranked 3rd while Sound Juicer is ranked 6th.
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Pros
Pro Enhanced CD device handling
Pro DVD copy support
Pro Creating eMovix CDs
Pro Creating mixed-mode CDs
Pro Creating Video CDs
Pro Creating audio cds
Pro Creating data CDs
Pro Uses MusicBrainz
Pro Nice user interface
Pro Default FLAC support
Sound Juicer supports ripping to FLAC out of the box with no need for other files.
Cons
Con DVD copy (no video transcoding yet)
Con Limited preference settings
No option to choose mp3 bitrate.
Con Can't extract to wav format
Con Can't control bitstream and sampling rate
These are properties of the file, so you get what's there - an exact digital copy of the material on the CD. Changing these means editing the file. The most common sampling rate is 44.1K samples/second with a sample size of 16 bits. Unless you're dealing with studio masters, which are often recorded at a sample rate of 48K samples/second, there's no advantage at all in upping the specs on a file which was recorded on CD at 16/44.1.