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In Reply to: RE: You don't have to use a computer for playback posted by kentaja on April 27, 2016 at 15:40:34
Most of my listening is to CDs I've ripped. I have about 1.5 TB of music on my NAS, about 2/3 of that is ripped from CD. It streams from the NAS to my network audio players.
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Sounds like a nice way to do things. But I will not be buying a server, network player, etc., since my main focus is vinyl. I have a computer so I figured why not use it for audio.
Computer audio works great....most of the time. When it doesn't then you get in to the typical computer issues.
I already had a capable quad core i7 Win7 box that I use for many tasks. I find that LMS software is stable and requires little in the way of resources. I already had a network infrastructure with three access points as I work at home. So I need to reboot the server every couple of days. No biggie. I do use iOS devices, however, as both players and remotes to other players!
I don't fall into the "tweak-the-crap-out-of-the-OS" category you find with dedicated setups. In fact, all I did with LMS is carefully configure it for a minimum of add-ons and gave it medium CPU priority. It serves the Touch player in the main system via ethernet (runs up built-in bookshelves in the office to attic and into listening room).
Vinyl is nice, but having all your digital music instantly available across multiple kinds of players around the house is addictive. LMS also serves movies to a Roku2. Its really cool being able to dial up any of your movies for watching, too.
I'm a vinyl guy, too having grown up in that environment and have two tables - one purchased new in '76. Having said that, I just purchased an HRT ADC and plan to rip some of my vinyl to 96/24 for more convenience. :)
I was most likely being too dramatic about the problems associated with computer audio.
In general my Apple platform is quite stable. Rarely do I have issues. Perhaps once a year I have to update my DAC software. Other minor maintenance issues are required as well. iTunes likes to lock a bit more often than I like but a restart solves the problem.
Having said that I still do believe it is all just a bit too tweaky down loading hi-rez files in particular. No thanks. For some this will of no issue others will feel otherwise. Similar to vinyl in some respect. If one has never played with vinyl before I can see how that might be intimidating. I grew up with it so it does not seem to be a challenge for me.
I have found those that have the highest comfort factor with computer audio have a desire or a greater than average knowledge of computers. I personally don't care to mess with computers the reason I went with Apple.
Don't see ever ripping the vinyl collection to the computer. That is much too tedious a task CDs are no big deal to rip to the computer. It would be more convenient in some situations but I can always use Tidal.
Having said that I still do believe it is all just a bit too tweaky down loading hi-rez files in particular.
I must be blessed. Just downloaded an album from HDTracks. After checkout, clicked "Launch download manager" and after three minutes, files were on my server. Moved them to appropriate folder and had LMS rescan library to find it. Ran Ponomusic and added new folder.
It would be more convenient in some situations but I can always use Tidal.
I thinking of albums unavailable on digital - or at least with the same quality. The first will be my 45 RPM 12" singles. :)
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