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I have a Pioneer PDf606 25-CD player that is having problems with skipping occasionally. Also the display is now quite dim. I am looking for something to replace this unit. It might be best to use my PC to copy the CDs to a different storage device such as a solid state hard drive. Have any of you done this? If so what software did you use?
Joe
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I copied all my CD's to a hard drive. Then I used Cirlinca to up-convert them to 192k/24bit Flac files and place them on a 3TB (soon to be a 6TB drive - running out of space) external drive connected to my computer.
I then use JRiver v20 to either play them using usb to Musical Fidelity Vlink and then coax to my Musical Fidelity M1DAC. I also use JRiver through Ethernet to play my locally connected external drives through my OPPO 105 (using the OPPO DAC's).
I've been converting my Vinyl to CD and using the above process to get my Vinyl on my external drives.
Regarding "jllaudio" comment.....
"I've been converting my Vinyl to CD"
Could you tell us how you are doing this? which equipment; which software, etc. thx,
I just realized I didn't answer your question. My turntable is connected to my Graham Slee Reflex Pre and Bob's Devices SUT 1131. This is connected to my WYRED STP-SE PRE with the Stage II Mod's. One of my outputs from the PRE goes to a Sony CD Recorder. So when I play an album I can record it to CD. Now that I've added the above the below are my next steps. I should never try to answer questions too late at night (or I should say too early in the morning).I use JRiver to rip the CD's to a Hard drive then I use a program Cirlinca (http://www.cirlinca.com/ to up convert the ripped files to 192K/24bit FLAC.
I store the resultant files on a 3TB external drive. And use JRiver to play them through my Stereo system.
Edits: 09/21/14
I ripped all my CDs to a hard drive using Exact Audio Copy (EAC) . I bought an Oppo BDP-105D , which will play CDs and SACDs, but I play all my CDs from a USB flash drive plugged directly into one of three USB ports on my Oppo.
Good luck,
John Elison
Hi John. Is there any SQ difference between Oppo's CD vs thumb drive playback? How do you control the thumb drive? Thanks
Serge
I don't think there is any sound quality difference between the transport and a flash drive, but I rarely listen to CDs and I've never made a critical comparison. Most of my listening is with higher resolution digital and DSD from a USB hard drive or flash drive. I also copy vinyl to 24/96 and listen from a USB flash drive. The list of albums on a hard drive or flash drive is displayed on my HDTV. I use the Oppo remote control to select the music to be played, but you can also use a smart phone or note pad to control the Oppo.
Best regards,
John Elison
Thanks John. Control of playlist via HDTV is a very nice feature. Just added Oppo to the list of players I am considering.
John, that's actually a pretty good idea., as I think the ripped files don't sound quite the same
as the do when they are played optically through a disc playet.I think before I got my Auraliti PK 100 digital file player , I may have been doing this with
the Oppo 95 I was using at the time. . The funny thing is I was originally burning the rips from my HD back onto (Damn, I can't think of the brand name of these CDR as they are plain chrome colored on the top side & green on the play side) CDR. . I realized the Oppo
had a covered up USB port right on the front panel , so I "burned" a few CD rips onto a "flash/thumb" drive & I retired my CDR burning after this !I use dBPoweramp these days & then do some more processing over in JRMC19
before they go onto a portablle 1TB USB drive. (of which I have 2 & a 500 GB ; I'm going to need a couple more)My Oppo BDP 95 is now my "dedicated " Bluray player.(I was running it through my DVDO
""Edge" VDP but decided that it's video playback capabilities are actually pretty exceptional
without running another HDMI into the "Edge")
Edits: 09/13/14
dBpoweramp
• It is fast and stable.
•Easy to configure.
•It supports AccurateRip.
•Meta data from AMG, GD3, MusicBrainz and FreeDB.
•Also a reliable format converter.
Rip to a lossless format
I prefer FLAC
•Lossless.
•Excellent tagging support including cover art.
•Allows storing custom tags in the file.
•Checksum stored in the file. This allows you to verify if the audio is corrupted.
•Wide support on Win, OSX, Linux, Android.
•Lossless downloads are often in FLAC.
The Well Tempered Computer
I really was'nt complaining about all the storage space that I'm using.
Risking being called an Audio Format Heretic ,I'll simply say I am aware of FLAC ,but
simply don't care to use it. (Yes, I really would prefer to have my own choice of Lossless
Download format. As I like to say "No choice...no buy !" They can live w / o my business
& I can live w / o their downloads.)
(Now, where did I place my "Riot Protecion Gear" to protect me from all those who will attempt to show me the "Error of my ways" by not using FLAC" ; Oh that right it's only the
Internet, I'm safe enough & don't even have to engage in a discussion about it, if I choose
not to.)
Joe-
get another cd player. There are a plethora out there on the used market. Check out Audiogon and ebay.
Get another CD player to play your CD's, but prepare for the future. Rip all of your disks (in a non compressed format, like .wav), and store them on a USB hard drive. For an uncompressed file, you will get on average about 2 CD's per gig of storage space.
Why not use something like FLAC to be more efficient with storage space? He could then get 4 CDs per gig of storage....
-RW-
Fine.
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