Is there a service to install CDs in a Server?


I've been toying with the idea of getting a server to store all of my CDs - they're overflowing the boundaries of every shelf in my family room. I've been looking at the Music Vaults and a couple of others. The big stumbling block is that the thought of having to sit there and rip 1000 cds just sounds like a real PITA. Anyone have any positive solutions to this dilemma?
grimace

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I have used Terra-San http://www.terra-san.com to rip many batches of CDs, totalling a few thousand . . . and have always been satisfied. They have no problem with you simply sending all the CDs in their jewel cases, and can even send you the packaging ahead of time, so you can have perfectly-sized boxes for shipping and storage. They send the data back on a USB hard-drive, in your choice of format(s), and compile a nice bound book of a listing of your collection for reference.

For classical titles, I still do my own collection myself, simply because I'm very picky about having consistency between the naming conventions in title, composer, and track names (especially tough for post-1900 works). I spoke with Terra-San a couple of years ago regarding this and they do offer a hand-editing service whereby they'll do all of this to my specifications . . . but the price was a bit too steep for my wallet.
Larryi, you might give them a call to discuss the specifics of what you're after . . . I know that they've tailored some of the specific tagging conventions to work with particular servers, but WAVs present some unique metadata challanges with any system.

Oh and yes, they do send them back when they're done!