On 20/12/2012 14:07, Jim Lesurf wrote:
In article , Bob Latham
wrote:
In article , Woody
wrote:
Whether you like it or not the iTunes management software - for which
you don't need an iPod - does the job very effectively and is a
doddle to use.

Whilst mp3 is also effective especially at higher sampling rates it
is worth looking at AAC or Ogg both of which are less lossy and
produce better results at lower sampling rates.

Or Flac, please don't forget flac.

I've spent a couple of years looking at ways to have all my music in one
place and no discs cluttering the place up. After a lot of checking of
costs and facilities this is what I did.

Hardware Synology DS111 NAS box Sonos connect (90) Ipad

Software dBpoweramp Cd ripper and format conversion Spin It Again

FWIW I have based my approach on flac. But I've also adopted a more
cautious and old-fashioned storeage and paying approach. I keep copies of
the files on three different (USB) hard discs. Then have one disc connected
to each of the in-use machines I employ to play audio with the third USB
disc normally sitting as a 'spare copy'. I then just play using Audacious
on ROX/Xubuntu machines, via decent USB DACs.


How do you keep the 3 disks synchronised?

Rob