Help !


I am elderly and live in a small condo .The 1500 CD's I have are pushing me out of house and home.It's to the point where either they go or I do , I prefer me .
I need to know the easiest and least expensive way I could just burn them and toss them.If there is one . Sounds need only be decent , I far prefer LP's anyway .Thanks !
schubert

Showing 2 responses by jimcrane

Hi Schubert,
Let me try to supplement glennewdick's good advice.  I use a 500 gb portable hard drive plugged into my computer as my NAS.  It easily holds my 750 CDs that I ripped to FLAC files, but you should research the appropriate size of the NAS.  Portable hard drives are relatively inexpensive these days.
I used dbpoweramp, which I liked, and it seems to be the ripping software of choice.  But free downloadable programs, such as Exact Audio Copy, also have their advocates.
I agree with glennedick that if you need to buy a streamer-dac in order to playback what's on a NAS, the Bluesound Vault may be the easiest and least-expensive solution.
It'll take you a while to rip 1500 CDs.  Once you're done, donate them to your local library.  Depending on your situation, you may be able to claim a tax deduction.  Even without a deduction, it'd be a good thing to do.  Of course, you could find a buyer for the CDs and recoup some of your costs, which would also be a good thing.
Good luck.
Schubert,

As you've probably figured out, it looks as though I may have misspoken when I suggested you could rip your CDs and then donate or sell the CDs.  Certainly some read the copyright law as prohibiting that, although I don't know that any court has directly ruled on the issue.  In any event, I apologize to you and the community for any confusion I created.