Best Method for Automated CD Ripping?

OzPeter asks: "I have a need to rip about 200-300 CDs in the near future, and I am not looking forward to being a slave to the computer every 4 minutes in order to change the CD in the drive. I have been looking around for automated ripping systems but in general have not been impressed by what I found. This question was asked, 4 years ago, and the best advice to come out of it seemed to be to hire a local teenager to be that slave. Have things improved, or does the advice given in that article still stand? What is currently the best way of automatically ripping a significant number of CDs?"

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Better Than a Teenager

[Bios_Hakr]

The only thing better than a teenager, is to get two computers and hire two teenagers.

Honestly, why go for an expensive, complicated solution when a simple solution is already at hand.

5 minutes per CD gives about 12 CSs per hour.

That's 25 hours to rip 300 CDs.

$5 per hour comes in at $125. Buy a pizza for lunch over 3 days brings it to just under $200.

If you borrow a laptop or two, there is no reason one guy can't swap out CDs in 3 computers; it's be done in a day. Offer a local teen $150 + pizza for a day's work, and they'll jump at the chance.

So, unless you can come up with something less than $200, you are just shooting yourself in the foot.