In Reply to: How long did it take you? posted by ToddM on August 3, 2012 at 11:17:41:
Admittedly, many hours over the course of about a two week period of time to rip about 500 CDs. It is not something that will occur overnight. I think the time was very well spent given the benefits.
I guess the quantity of people shedding all their CDs and going to ITunes and such has made used CDs virtually worthless.
Previously, I used a 300 disk Pioneer changer. For playback in the changer or the cars, I made copies because I was concerned about the originals getting scratched. I had loaded perhaps 200 disks in the changer. It was certainly better than one disk at a time, but the physical gyrations required to change disks significantly limited its usefulness.
My "player" is a Logitech Squeezebox Touch which allows for using your smart phone as the remote. I really cannot convey to you how incredibly powerful and enjoyable music servers are. Since the server itself is a desktop unit located far away from the vintage system, I use Wi-Fi connectivity which is less desirable than using network cable, but I use an aftermarket linear power supply to reduce the noise. One of these days, I'll adapt the main system to computer playback as well.
What I haven't done yet is "rip" my vinyl. I've done a few albums, but the task is a bit more time consuming because you must break the capture of a side into the various tracks AND manually enter the tagging metadata. Someday, I would like to do it. The biggest challenge for me is parking a computer near the main system for an extended period of time. I have a laptop but its onboard sound card doesn't support a stereo line feed.
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Follow Ups
- RE: How long did it take you? - E-Stat 12:07:11 08/03/12 (4)
- agree on the ripping vinyl - ToddM 12:17:24 08/03/12 (3)
- Oops - E-Stat 14:16:27 08/03/12 (2)
- I'm looking at DACs, too - ToddM 14:35:54 08/03/12 (1)
- Speaking of radio... - E-Stat 14:42:49 08/03/12 (0)