Backing Up Music

[Punk Rooster]

Ok, it's time I backed up my entire CD collection- I'm going to get a dedicated external HD for this.

My question is- which format is best to save in?
MP3 or WMA?

My thoughts are to back everything up in WMA on the highest quality settings.

Can anyone offer advice on this?

[Wedgie]

Without having looked into it fully I too would have said WMA but with my ear I can't tell the difference where I have a mate who can tell minor differences in any song's recording, I did find an interesting discussion on it here with pros and cons for either:

http://forums.cnet.com/5208-7595_102-0.html?threadID=96810

[Punk Rooster]

Have decided I will rip them in WMA Loseless format, as the idea is to back them up.
If I ever need to burn them off (greatest hits type CD's etc...), I'll use whatever I need at the time

[Kahuna]

If all you are doing is archiving your cds why not give Exact Audio Copy a try. You can rip to .wav with a .cue file so if you need to burn a copy you can just open the cue file and EAC will make you a perfect copy.
http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/

[Punk Rooster]

just bought a WD 1TB HD for $127...