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Post by Soup on Dec 5, 2016 6:09:56 GMT -5
On an aside, Lenscrafters sells an eyeglass cleaning solution and 100& cloth towelettes that are the best CD/DVD/Blu-Ray cleaning system I've found. I agree with Chuck!!!! Any brand will do or you can make your own for pennies... |
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Post by vneal on Dec 5, 2016 8:08:59 GMT -5
I rip the cd to a laptop using JRiver. Then using the Sony HAP Music transfer it is remotely downloads to the internal or external memory of the Sony HAP using their program called HAP Music Transfer. Special tunes are directed to the internal memory. General music goes to the external hard drive memory. I use two external memory just in case of a crash. I then stick the CD in a box labeled alphabetically. Then these are stuck in a closet. I am on the S
I have 4100 CDs so far to external hard drives
Special internal song files total 3000
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Post by Soup on Dec 5, 2016 10:11:38 GMT -5
That is LMAO funny! As a former runner, that is extra funny! 
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Post by monkumonku on Dec 5, 2016 10:36:02 GMT -5
That is LMAO funny! As a former runner, that is extra funny! Whoever you are quoting is sadly misinformed. Those stickers are not by runners bragging about how far they can run, those are by audiophiles holding their noses up while telling you how many channels/speakers they use! (don't you see the "Atmos Enabled" sticker next to it?) |
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Post by KeithL on Dec 5, 2016 12:28:00 GMT -5
I originally used EAC. It's always worked perfectly for me - and it's free. However, I find that dBPowerAmp does an equally good job, and is far more convenient (and, while it isn't free, it's quite reasonably priced). (The dBPowerAmp Batch Converter is also quite handy... as is the CD Burner.) I still think EAC is the best ripping software, grooming isn't necessary if you pay close attention during the ripping stage. ie rip, check, add metadata and store. |
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Post by KeithL on Dec 5, 2016 12:33:39 GMT -5
You should understand that most rippers find their information by matching a checksum or other information they read from the disc (they don't generally have access to the actual album and group name). This information is specific to the particular VERSION of the disc you have. In many cases, very popular classic discs have been reissued many times, and even many tens of times. I'm betting there are LOTS of different versions of Days of Future Past. And, unless the database they're using has the particulars of the specific version you have, your software may not be able to find or recognize a match (and many of these databases only get their information when other kind souls contribute it). Therefore, it's pretty remarkable that they DO manage to get a match the vast majority of the time. Do you guys find that what ever player your using for the ripping of the disc can't find the data, Artist Name, Song/title, Genre, year. etc? I have a stack of cd's I can't get the info for them. I was surprised Moody Blues Days of Future past was giving me problems, as well as Gypsy Kings Greatest Hits album...Mean while more esoteric disc loaded without issues! Besides manually writing the song which is a major PITA, any other solution? Thanks Dan |
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Post by KeithL on Dec 5, 2016 12:53:48 GMT -5
Interesting..... I've always preferred the manual method (because it lets me change between players if I like without having to convert anything). I just RIP each album into a physical folder.......... with each song track named the name of the song......... So, the high-res version of one of my favorite Yes songs is: X:\Yes\Close To The Edge 24-192\siberian khatru.flac While not everyone handles tags the same, every player I know of can play files directly from a folder if you point to them (or entire albums if you point to the album folder). And dBPowerAmp will name the tracks pretty much any way you like, tag them any way you like, and arrange the group and album folders however you tell it to. This way the songs themselves are PHYSICALLY in logical order, just like they were actual discs, and I can use any player I like, or change players, without even having to add them to the library at all. I can also copy an entire album, or all the albums I have from a particular group, from one device to another quite easily - like from my Windows computer to my Raspberry Pi - simply by copying the folders. (I HATE "libraries" where you can't easily find the physical file associated with a particular song without jumping through hoops.) Note that I have no interest in having the player pick songs for me, or automatically index them, or find all sorts of "deep reading material" for me.... I just want the electronic equivalent of a giant shelf that contains every CD and file I own - in logical order where I can find them. But that's just me......... I've never had a major problem with this in any sense. If a rip is screwed up, it is something I did. I have a large set of CD storage shelves and what I do is file into a "new" section of the "physical" archive for about 6 months at a time. At the end of that period I re-shuffle the new CDs into the full alphabetical section. Don't b%$*&, but I'm going to talk about iTunes a bit here. Although I like dBPoweramp for ripping, I find that iTunes ripping to Apple-Lossless a better experience. dBPoweramp doesn't find 1/2 the cover-art that iTunes does. If you don't get what you want, it's a easy fix if you can locate the cover-art someplace on the web. I have a local music store called Bull Moose that is a great source of used CDs at very reasonable prices. Their disks are always clean and you can inspect them yourself before purchase. When I cruise yard sales, I always bring my CD cleaning solution and cloth wipes to differentiate smudges from real scratches on possible buys. On an aside, Lenscrafters sells an eyeglass cleaning solution and 100& cloth towelettes that are the best CD/DVD/Blu-Ray cleaning system I've found. If you have the combination of iTunes and JRMC, JRMC now installs a audio driver that allows you to send iTunes output through JRMC before going to your DAC. This addressed my one major complaint with iTunes, sound quality. I also no longer need to dup. a critical listening CD to JRMC for playback. The newer iTunes also has a much better "Recently Ripped" interface. You can see the last week/month/3 months etc. |
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Post by wilburthegoose on Dec 5, 2016 14:41:39 GMT -5
I actually have 6 beautiful Ikea glass shelves used to hold CDs. Ever since I ripped a few years ago, they've been tucked away.  |
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Post by audiosyndrome on Dec 5, 2016 16:41:31 GMT -5
Again, I rip to iTunes using AIFF with error correction enabled. I've never had a problem using iTunes in any regard. Ocassionally does not find the cover art but Yahoo Images usually does the trick. Search by album, artist, song, genre or global search, etc. Music is stored by genre and metadata edits could not be any easier.
Very small number (maybe four or five) albums were miss identified by iTunes. No reason for me to change other then a DNLA server program (Jriver?).
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Post by audiosyndrome on Dec 5, 2016 16:47:38 GMT -5
The streaming services are all bleeding badly. Not even a pimple for Apple, Google and Amazon. But Tidal, Spotify, etc. may not be able to hold on much longer without a massive infusion of cash. Would you invest against the big three?
Russ
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Post by hosko on Dec 5, 2016 17:10:12 GMT -5
Interesting..... I've always preferred the manual method (because it lets me change between players if I like without having to convert anything). I just RIP each album into a physical folder.......... with each song track named the name of the song......... So, the high-res version of one of my favorite Yes songs is: X:\Yes\Close To The Edge 24-192\siberian khatru.flac That sounds very similar to my setup. I always rip to my Music Staging folder so I can cast an eye over the finished flacs before moving them to my main music folder on my OneDrive folder on the NAS so it can backup to Microsoft's cloud. I have 10tb of storage there so my music collection fits nicely. I name them cd number - Track number so anything can sort them correctly. The only thing I'm missing is the bitrate which I will add once I can figure out how to do it. E:\OneDrive\Music\Adele\19 (2008)\1-01 Daydreamer 44.1 kHz Stereo.flac Once ripped they go in a plastic tub in the basement. Never to see the light of day again. |
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