Know I was a pain on the forum in the past. Know little about computers and less about portable players. Asked a lot of stupid questions. After struggling with numerous rippers (EAC, Freerip, Media Monkey, Express rip, Windows Media Player, etc.) have finally found the one. The dbpoweramp ripper is so easy to use. It rips to FLAC. It compares tag info on different sites and adds it automatically. It even compares your rip to other users for accuracy and adds the album cover art - all automatically! Also adjusts the offset of the dvd drive used for ripping. It can’t be simpler. If this software came with the Sansas it would cut problems to almost 0. The software has a 20 day free trial. After that $36 buys it. Never thought I would be able to do all this so easily. It also sounds incredible in FLAC. Not connected with the company in any way. Just darn happy. Now I want better in the ear phones than my Denons.
thanks
barondla