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In Reply to: Ding, Dong, the disc is dead... posted by sanman on May 31, 2012 at 07:10:56:
I use a Mac Mini (late 2009 edition) connected to a Apogee Duet (version 1, via FireWire port) connected via HDMI to a 42' flat screen TV for digital for the following reasons:
1. When I do get my external RAID case, I will not have to worry about losing any files. If the hard drive dies, the backup drive will 'kick-in' and then I can just put another one in and things 'copy' again.
2. I have a feeling that, like we do now in vinyl, CD's will be worth something in the future. I like the idea of having 'like new' copies of all my discs as I only have to have them physically 'read' to the drive once, then I can 'pack them up' for safekeeping.
3. ITunes makes a wonderful disc cover display on the screen in fullscreen playback.
4. In the computer realm; it's much "cheaper" to upgrade in the future to higher-resolution than in the "component" world.
5. The other "Mac" music server (as my amp chain is McIntosh...pun was intended when building this system up) is $2000.....and no way to recover if the hard drive dies......NOPE!!
Marty N.
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