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RE: Do you have any recommendations...

I couldn't bother to learn all the geeky stuff about ripping using a PC, so I went the simpler route and bought a RipNAS (similar devices are available) that combine a ripper drive with a NAS, plus all the required software for grabbing metadata, cover artwork, precise bit count required for perfect rip, etc.

These devices use twin hard drives to offer some degree of backup in the event of a HD failure, but best to make separate ones from time to time. The ripped CDs are stored in folders and, where 2 or more CDs have the same Composer or Artist, it usually places all within the Artist's folder, reducing the amount of post-ripping juggling to get the CDs where you want them stored.

With Classical in particular, you'll find that many of the CD folders are mis-filed, often because the "artist" is considered as the conductor or orchestra or soloist rather than the composer. Using Windows, CD folders can be easily re-named or re-filed to suit your preference. I personally find it useful to have a number of master folders (Classical, Jazz, World & Weird, etc) so I can look only in that section of my library if I'm looking for a particular type of music to listen to. Again (a personal preference) I like to find my music via the Folders route with either Sonos or Bluesound app. With 1000+ CDs, using Artists or Composers is a waste of time as everyone on every CD with any credit seems to find their way into an endless list of 10000 names and you can't see the wood for the trees. Going straight to my Classical main folder, then say Beethoven, I'm shown a list of all my Beethoven music. If I went to Artists or Composers, I'd have to look under B(eethoven) and L(udvig) for my Beethoven in both sections - and still miss the ones where the metadata considers the soloist or orchestra is the artist or composer! I don't mess about with correcting metadata (although for classical it's dire) as this is time consuming and unnecessary if you simply cut and paste any mis-filed CDs to where you think they should belong.

That's my "dummies guide" but other will have other ways to their handle hard drive stored music



Edits: 03/06/17

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