Cd conversion

[PAUL WILLIAMSON]

>>> j.putt (AT) verizon (DOT) net 11/15/2004 1:00:38 AM >>>
>Thanks again to everyone who replied. You guys are VERY helpful.
>>
>> 1.5 TB at last count - and that's exclusively music. If I had a
>> portable
>> device that could play FLAC, I'd get some disk space back because
>> I'd no longer have to store a duplicate mp3 file.
>>
>What sort of drive configuration are you using? Do you have a backup?
(I'd
>hate to have a drive fail, and have to reload all that music!)

I do tape backups. DLT is great. I have about 100 tapes
and use Arkeia.

>Is your server dedicated to digital music?

Yep. I bought the server and added as much ram and disk drives as it
would hold for the sole purpose of storing music.

>> There are services that
>> will send you boxes to mail them your CDs, they will rip and (if
>> necessary)
>> encode them for about $1/CD in bulk.
>
>Might be worth it!

Yep. So would buying credits at allofmp3.com. I've done that and
download just the albums I own. Saved me a bunch of time
from having to split up WAVs recorded from an imperfect album.

>> Take the cash you'd
>> spend on that foolishness and buy a nice server with tons of disk
>> space.
>> And then go buy an HDTV or a really nice DAC. Then put the other
>> $10,000 in the bank.
>
>I wish I had that cash! My DAC and jitter filter were bought second
hand on
>Ebay, and I built my tube amps in my basement from kits! The end
result
>sound pretty darn good, though!

Mine too. Don't know how I survived without a DAC before. Not sure
about
the whole tube thing. I'm more of a solid state guy.

>> Good luck. Go out and buy one. You'll be happy.
>
>I'm thinking seriously about it. Thanks again!
>

Paul

[Ed Atlee]

"PAUL WILLIAMSON" <pwilliamson (AT) mandtbank (DOT) com>
wrote in message news:s19899cf.050 (AT) comrcm01intgwia (DOT) mandtbank.com...
>
> Mine too. Don't know how I survived without a DAC before. Not sure
> about the whole tube thing. I'm more of a solid state guy.

The thing that holds me back, besides cash, is I'm afraid I'll lay out $$$
for a standalone DAC, and a year or 2 later, somebody will put equivalent or
better DACs in a sub-$200 DVD player.

Ed
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