diff --git a/src/musiksammlung/cli.py b/src/musiksammlung/cli.py
index f867d93..afab349 100644
--- a/src/musiksammlung/cli.py
+++ b/src/musiksammlung/cli.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ def rip(
         "flac", "--format", "-f", help="Audio format (flac, mp3, opus, aac, wav)"
     ),
     quality: str = typer.Option(
-        "medium", "--quality", "-q", help="Quality (low, medium, high)"
+        "high", "--quality", "-q", help="Quality (low, medium, high)"
     ),
     parallel: int = typer.Option(
         1, "--parallel", "-j", help="Number of parallel encoder processes (0 = all)"
diff --git a/src/musiksammlung/ripper.py b/src/musiksammlung/ripper.py
index adc9d01..4a0936b 100644
--- a/src/musiksammlung/ripper.py
+++ b/src/musiksammlung/ripper.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class RipperConfig(BaseModel):
     device: str = "/dev/cdrom"
     audio_format: AudioFormat = AudioFormat.FLAC
     output_dir: Path = Path("temp")
-    quality: str = "medium"  # low, medium, high
+    quality: str = "high"  # low, medium, high
     parallel_jobs: int = 1  # Number of parallel encoder processes
     use_pipes: bool = False  # True = faster, no WAV files
     use_cddb: bool = True  # Use CDDB lookup