In article , Bob Latham
wrote:
In article , Eiron
wrote:
There is still a place for a dedicated CD player. It will play within
a couple of seconds of switching it on and you don't need a TV to see
what it's doing.
I'm sorry personally I don't agree. I think that in the home the CD
player is now obsolete. A small NAS holds my entire CD collection which
has been boxed up in the loft for years now, should get rid really.
I'm still using CD players to play CDs. Mainly because I have sufficient
CDs that it would take a hell of a long time to rip them all and scan all
the booklets. That said, the CD players I use most are an Audio CD recorder
and a Player + DAC combination.
I do have a few hundred CDs ripped, but only do a few more on occasion
(some today, asitappens!) Been doing them in batches for a few years now.
Alas I seem to still be getting them faster than I rip them!
Actually, in practice most of the files I add to NAS are either 96k/24
recordings from LPs/tapes or aac files from iplayer.
All flac.
The LPs take even longer to sort out! Clicks to remove from the worse
cases, and scanning 12" square covers is a real PITA. Requires a session
with GIMP to paste the scans together as I only have an A4 scanner.
But I'm doing them ready for the day that my Shure V15 stylii become
unusuable. Also handy for when I want to hear one whilst cooking dinner.
:-)
So in practice I find that making file copies of old LPs and tapes makes
more sense. You can then clean up defects and actually get better results
without the fuss-about of using a real record deck to hear the results.
Whereas putting a CD into a CD player isn't exactly a difficult task.
Controlled by any modern mobile phone or tablet and no TV needed at all.
Far, far better in every way.
Afraid I find reading real ink-on-paper sleeve notes far easier than
looking at scans. In that area 'analogue rules' for me. 8-]
Jim
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