Import CDs and Automatically Replace Existing Music ?

I have a bunch of CD's that I imported into iTunes years ago at AAC 128 Kbps. I am in the process of importing all of them again at a higher quality. I have iTunes setup to import the CD when it is put in and eject when done, but most of the time it puts up a dialog box asking me if I want to replace the current music in my library. This really slows down the process because instead of popping in a CD and and walking away I have to wait for the CD to spin up and be mounted, then watch to see if the music is a duplicate and click the replace button in the dialog. When importing hundreds of CDs this can really be a pain. I'm hoping there is some option I can set so that it will just replace any music that it finds. I would probably also be OK with the option to keep both, because I can delete them later and it won't slow me down waiting for the dialog that I have to click.

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