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There are many alternatives to CDex for Windows and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is fre:ac, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to CDex and 17 are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to CDex are Exact Audio Copy, EZ CD Audio Converter, dBpoweramp and Audiograbber.




EAC is used to convert the tracks on standard audio CDs to wav files, which can then be transcoded into formats such as MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WavPack, and FLAC using external encoders.




EZ CD Audio Converter is the most comprehensive multi format audio converter and is extremely easy to use.




dBpoweramp contains a multitude of audio tools in one: CD Ripper, Music Converter, ID Tag Editor and Windows audio shell enhancements. Preloaded with mp3 & Wave codecs, practically every audio codec can be installed from Codec Central, as well as Utility Codecs (perform...


Audiograbber grabs digital audio from CDs, it can automatically normalize the music, delete silence from the start and/or end of tracks, and encode them to a variety of formats including MP3. It can also access freedb, an Internet compact disc database.

CUERipper is a utility for extracting digital audio from CDs, an open-source alternative to EAC.

Express Rip CD ripper can convert CD audio to mp3 or wav file formats. Express Rip lets you rip, convert, encode, and decode music and other audio tracks directly to files on your hard drive.




Switch Audio and Mp3 Converter can convert mp3, wav, wma or 40 other audio file formats to the format of your choice in just 3 easy, simple steps. Just add the files you want to convert, select the format you want, and then click 'Convert'.




FreeRIP is a Windows software that lets you extract audio CD tracks and save them to WMA, MP3, Ogg, Wav, or FLAC audio files (this process is known as CD ripping or CD to MP3 conversion). Converting your CD audio collection to digital audio files is a breeze with FreeRIP:...



Audio Transcoder is a powerful audio convertor for rapid conversion between 20+ audio formats. For a small registration fee, the program offers a CD ripper, tag editor to edit ID3v1, ID3v2, Ogg/FLAC and APE tags, ability to preserve tags in the output, built-in audio player...


A free powerful software for ripping audio CD tracks to WMA, MP3, OGG, VQF, FLAC, APE and WAV formats files on-the-fly. Free CDDB is supported(Querying & Submiting). It supports normalization when ripping, and also support ID3 tag.

Magic Audio Converter and CD Ripper is a versatile digital music converter with enhanced functionality. Designed to rip CDs and convert music files to a range of audio formats, including mp3, mp4, wma and wav, this tool is both intuitive and easy-to-use.

Works nicely for ripping my CD. CDex is killed by Win10 on my PC and I?did not find why.