On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 11:13:03 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Bob Latham wrote:
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.

Same here, though I have no intention of getting rid of the originals.
My entire media collection - including CDs, DVDs, downloads, and
things recorded off air - is now just about filling up a 3GB disk,
but not all of that is wanted all the time, so there is scope for
copying elsewhere or deleting quite a bit.

I've wondered about doing something like this.

However, the snags as I see them:-

It's not going to be as fast to get up and running as a CD player - from
switch on.


I think my laptop probably comes quicker than my DVD player, even from
a cold start.

Or you leave it running permanently?

Usually at least one of the NASs is permanently on.

Have you ripped the CDs raw - or used MP3 etc? Big difference in the
storage needed.

Mine are raw WAV files, but one could use flac or ape lossless
compression, the former seems to be more popular, and therefore is
likely to be better supported, than the latter, but note that some
versions of Microsoft Media Player won't support either without adding
extra codecs, or some such.

Many computer based systems have less than perfect analogue outputs.

I use a Terratec USB MkII soundcard rather than the one in the laptop,
but that's just because the HiFi is the other side of the kitchen, and
it's easier to find a long USB lead than a long stereo lead!

Or else you could use one of the better quality Network Media Players
that have digital audio outputs.
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