On 20/01/2016 11:14, Bob Latham wrote:
In article ,
Eiron wrote:
On 20/01/2016 10:05, 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. Controlled by any modern mobile phone or tablet and no TV
needed at all. Far, far better in every way.


I store most of my digital music on a NAS - works very well for me. I
never found CDs gave that tactile 'emotional' attachment to the music
that, say, LPs give.

Setting it up was a mild nuisance (ripping to flac), but now it's done,
adding new material is easy. About 2000 albums, 500GB.

And my software of choice - Synology's own music player - gives a number
of nice extras, including metadata (lyrics etc) as well as the usual
album covers, playlist creation, song rating, and the ability to find
tracks using some quite loose search terms in seconds.

How about Brian's requirement for no audible gap or dropout between
tracks? Important for classical or prog fans....


While I'm very happy with Synology's hardware/software, that's one thing
I've not been able to fathom. I have to use other software (such as that
supplied with the Cambridge NP30 music server) to play gapless material.

I have four players in my house and none of them produces any "audible
gap" that isn't on the CD. I believe this is described as gapless playback.


Which software/music server are you using?

I have to say I have no idea how suitable this would be for someone who is
blind as control is via phone or tablet but I am convinced CD players have
had their day for most of us.


Not sure either for those with impaired vision. I'd have thought the
RNIB would have a take on it?

As for the end of the CD player? I'd guess it's on the way out. Spotify
seems to be the choice of quite a few of my music enthusiast friends.

For myself, I use it maybe 5 or 6 times a year.


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Cheers, Rob