In Reply to: Please post your experiences with music stored on a hard drive posted by bboroski on May 20, 2015 at 13:51:18:
Yes, it can be a HUGE investment of time, depending on how you do the rips. I'm about 40% through my collection of about 3500 CD's right now, and what consumes the time for me is getting/correcting the meta information (album cover graphics can be surprisingly difficult to obtain sometimes), and then obeying my rule that I have to do a listening-check of at least one track from every CD I rip. This can really slow you down.
BUT the rewards can be surprisingly gratifying - and I'm not talking about the improved SQ (IMHO) and convenience once the CD's are on the hard drive. No, it's the actual process of forcing oneself to listen to CD's that you may have had on your shelf for decades and rediscovering their wonders. I can't tell you how many times I've been wowed by listening to hard drive tracks derived from CD's which had just been sitting on the shelf forgotten. Just the other day, I was checking a few tracks from Felicity Lott's 1994 Chandos recording of Strauss Orchestral Songs (volume II) and the emotion in the listening was overwhelming. It's the process of rediscovering one's own library that can be the greatest source of delight and satisfaction!
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Follow Ups
- "the idea of having to spend a lot of time ripping CDs. . . " - Chris from Lafayette 12:39:33 05/21/15 (3)
- This summarizes the biggest benefit to me! - E-Stat 06:27:33 05/22/15 (0)
- Easy way to find cover art - hesson11 16:10:13 05/21/15 (1)
- RE: Easy way to find cover art - Chris from Lafayette 20:17:51 05/21/15 (0)