At 10:29 AM 7/15/2002, skism wrote:
quoted 5 lines Surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet...>Surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet...
>
>Why not just encode all your cd's to high quality mp3's (lets not
>start an argument about being able to hear the difference please!)
>and store them all on a few massive usb/firewire hd's.
What you dismiss as an irrelevant difference is not such a thing to many.
Additionally, those few, massive hd's will limit access/playability a great
degree.
That hard drive doesn't slip into my car or another CD player quite so easily.
quoted 12 lines A bit of an expensive option maybe but considering the ease of use>A bit of an expensive option maybe but considering the ease of use
>this affords (finding shit, arranging playlists, not having to cart
>around tons of cd's) it should be worth it for those of us with
>massive collections.
>
>It's also a great way to hear music you forgot you had when you
>leave it on random.
>
>Obviously not an option for those weirdo's who think the cd case
>is important, or you could mix it with a cataloging system (ie.
>find it on the computer - gives u a row,col ref) for the best of
>both worlds.
It's not only expensive, but when you are dealing with 7000 + CD
collections you are also talking about a GREAT deal of time to encode all
of these and hope the encoding went without glitches (unless you want to
play each one back to see) - elsewise you may find your rare hard copy gone
and an unlistenable mess in its place.
This might be a good option for some, but I'm betting that it won't be for
many of us who have objections beyond the need for a jewel case.
jeff
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