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I've done four library rips over the years.
The first time was on a G3 iMac (one of the last G3 iMacs) for my Creative Nomad Jukebox, one of the first hard drive-based players with a whopping 6GB drive which I replaced with a 20GB drive. The rip and conversion took a long time as did transfer via USB 1.1.
The second time came shortly after Apple introduced AAC as an option in iTunes. By this point I'd replaced my Nomad with a larger iPod in no small part due to the many times faster Firewire connection.
The third time came soon after ALAC became widely available. Computers and optical drives were fast enough by this point that rip and encoding times per disc were many times faster than the G3 iMac days. And I figured this would be the last time I would re-rip the entire library. I was wrong.
The fourth and final happened over a span of several months late last year and early this year. This time I went FLAC with solid images (each file = 1 complete disc) with CUE sheets and accuraterip checks for everything. This really will be the last time barring total catastrophe with my storage and backups.
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