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  Help -- need Idiot's Guide to music server system
Squeezebox, FLAC, Mac Mini, lossy, lossless -- help, what does all this mean? I'm trying to find out more about taking a CD collection onto hard drive music server. Can anyone recommend a Beginner's Guide, whether online or in print? I'm not completely computer illiterate but I can't figure out the basic hardware needed. My main interest is not to broadcast music wirelessly to different rooms but to get a thousand-plus CDs into some more convenient and secure data storage system without loss of CD audio quality -- can it be done, and with what? If you can point me to an Idiot's Guide, I'd appreciate it.

If it matters, my current system (set up in a small listening room) is a Naim Nait 5i amp and Naim CD5i-2 player driving a pair of Spendor S3/5s. The rest of the room is filled with CDs. Thanks.
Jhold  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

09-11-08
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09-11-08   If you are not interested in doing any of this wirelessly, i ...   Ckoffend

09-11-08   You may want to look into the escient servers. they utilize ...   Dearle

09-11-08   For your purposes, there are really 5 main concerns: 1) wha ...   Martykl

09-11-08   To clarify #5, above - the dac. all servers that i know of ...   Martykl

09-11-08   The first thing you need to do is to calculate your storage ...   Rlwainwright

09-11-08   I just set mine up. like the posts mention above, your first ...   Lokie

09-11-08   Thanks to all who have posted such helpful responses!   Jhold

09-11-08   Go to ps audio website and read article in monthly magazine ...   Larryken

09-11-08   Jhold - i have new macmini with osx on it and 500gb firewire ...   Kijanki

09-11-08   I,m also a computer idiot. i've been looking into olive opus ...   Catahula_bill

09-11-08   I might be a retard, but it seems to me that none of this st ...   Chashmal

09-11-08   I put together a computer with some old parts laying around, ...   Slikric3000

09-11-08   Although i have seen audiophile motherboards, even one that ...   Slikric3000

09-11-08   Slikric - wav is not lossless (much less lessloss) . it is ...   Kijanki

09-11-08   I dunno, i just tried it for fun not that thats what i want ...   Slikric3000

09-12-08: Kleech
How long does it take to copy and categorize 1000 CD's to a hard drive? Many years ago I tried to scan 35mm photo slides into the computer and gave up because it was so tedious. Are there any tips for doing this efficiently?
Kleech  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)


09-12-08   Imacs appear to be the easiest to set up. when compared to t ...   4est

09-12-08   Chasmal and kijanki, you might be surprised. i'm a vinyl f ...   Martykl

09-12-08   Kleech, the way to make it easier is to do a specific number ...   Slikric3000

09-12-08   Great question, love the post! i want to know too.   Mcgarick

09-12-08   What i would like is a component type box, that has a usb po ...   Mcgarick

09-12-08   Martykl - i ended up with benchmark as well. a little unfor ...   Kijanki

09-14-08   There are paid services where you send your cds and they do ...   Jylee

09-25-08   I am dealer and sell many of these systems i let you try the ...   Marcmen

09-25-08   By the way hi have the same spendors the biggest thing music ...   Marcmen


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