Sooloos Hit 5000 CDs

[JSCC]

Well, my C15+First Twinstore (2TB x 2) is almost full .... left only 200GB of storage space - out of the total 2.5GB. 5000 CDs (more than half of which are High Resolution Flac) with probably a couple hundred to go.

Its a VERY HUGE and tiring exercise to go thru the entire collection and making sure all the spelling, Labels, Cover Art are correct and the "best picture" to my satisfaction (minimum 500x500).

Downside? Well, not much fun scouring Amazon as well as going to the CD shop itself as really, cant remember which CD file I had as against which I do not. PLUS if I can really finish listening to the entire library on Each and EVERY song in there.

A passionate hobby turn crazy I suppose!

Not to mention I have ANOTHER one more Twinstore (2TBx2) ... easily, another 4000 CDs worth of files depending on the amount of HD tracks I put in there. The only 2 persons I can think who can top this are Victor and Jeff.

Come to think of it, its time I go look at my current physical CD collection and start deciding what to sell off/dispose and what to keep (put into boxes) to free up actual shelve space for the growing Bluray DVDs.

Now comes the headache - how do I start to listen to the library to ensure COMPLETE coverage of every one of them? Hmmm, 2 CD a day would take me close to 7 years to complete ...

Anyone had an idea to advise how I should go about doing this?

Cheers!

[jdandy]

Jerry.......You are going to drive yourself crazy. If you really want to hear every CD, you will have to have great discipline to control your listening habits. If you listen to four CD's every day, and never listen to the same CD's again until all 5000 have been played, it will take you 3.42 years before you can hear a CD you might really like again. Remember, discipline. I don't think you can do it. I know I could not do it.

Just play music. Don't worry about forcing yourself to hear every CD. This hobby is about fun and relaxation, not about grinding out a play list every day. Keep collecting it you want. Why not. Most of all, do it for the fun of it.

[Tonepub]

Just to torment you....



But my Sooloos is nowhere near as organized as yours is!

I'm on a mission to replace all the Rhapsody selections I like with either CD's or high res vinyl rips.

[JSCC]

Originally Posted by tonepub

Just to torment you....



But my Sooloos is nowhere near as organized as yours is!

I'm on a mission to replace all the Rhapsody selections I like with either CD's or high res vinyl rips.

Hi Jeff,

In no way can I even match the number of files .... (not to say, its a lot of monies, if buying new CD's or downloading HD fles from HD Tracks, and a lot of time needed to organise, arrange and modify the art covers).

But I sure would like to know HOW you can listen to 7k+ of CD's? Or are you like me, passion turning into a freaky horror situation? For sure, when I told my wife that I hit this number today, she looked at me, shake her head and clearly said "you must have a lot of time on your hands to which you dont have any use for, or you have nothing better to do!!!" ....

I just open my mouth .... "Ahhhhhh" and thats all I can manage to utter. Oh well, "what do she knows about being passionate about a hobby right?". Girls are still girls ... always!

But I still LOVE my hobby!!! At best, I can treat Sooloos maintenance like the hobby "collecting stamps" ... Same, same situation, just different commodity!

I believe very soon, I'll see your number hitting 10k!

Cheers!

[Still-One]

Sure Jerry. My suggestion is to just delete the ones you will never listen to and maybe those that you will probably never listen to. I actually go thru my servers a couple of times a year a remove the ones I haven't listened to. Once I year I give away CD's that no longer interest me.

Jim

[AudioNut]

Originally Posted by Still-One

Once I year I give away CD's that no longer interest me.

Jim

The line for Jim's give-aways forms to my rear . . .

Do you want me to send you my address Jim?

[Victor]

Originally Posted by JSCC

Not to mention I have ANOTHER one more Twinstore (2TBx2) ... easily, another 4000 CDs worth of files depending on the amount of HD tracks I put in there. The only 2 persons I can think who can top this are Victor and Jeff.

You can count me out, I'll never catch you or Jeff.

I do still have more to load but lately I've been spending more time listening than loading.

My latest Sooloos achievement is getting rid of all my duplicates, I spent several weeks listening/figuring out which copy sounded best and deleting the others. Between CDs, high res downloads, DVDs, LPs... at one point I had about 150 titles that I had multiple copies of.

Jerry, you've done a lot of Sooloos work, now spend some time enjoying the music.

[Still-One]

Originally Posted by jprice

The line for Jim's give-aways forms to my rear . . .

Do you want me to send you my address Jim?

Julian, you will get first choice. The best move I ever made was to start using Pandora and Rhapsody to preview many of on my purchases. The number of discs that do not hold up to repeated listening is down a bit.

jim

[Tonepub]

Originally Posted by JSCC

Hi Jeff,

But I sure would like to know HOW you can listen to 7k+ of CD's?
I believe very soon, I'll see your number hitting 10k!

Cheers!

I'd be lying if I said I listen to all that music all the time, but remember, this is my job. I listen to music at least 8-10 hours a day, sometimes more, so I manage to listen to a lot more than you might think.

We get a fair amount of promos in the mail, some get tossed and when I find a new artist that I like, I grab as much as I can on Rhapsody, listen to it as time permits and then buy the CD's to replace the low res files.

And remember, the Sooloos has to share time with the vinyl collection.

I must say at this point in time, I am starting to slow down on acquiring new vinyl, but it does depend on the month. With running the magazine, and biz related travel, I don't have all that much time to go record shopping anymore!

[JSCC]

Originally Posted by Victor

You can count me out, I'll never catch you or Jeff.

I do still have more to load but lately I've been spending more time listening than loading.

My latest Sooloos achievement is getting rid of all my duplicates, I spent several weeks listening/figuring out which copy sounded best and deleting the others. Between CDs, high res downloads, DVDs, LPs... at one point I had about 150 titles that I had multiple copies of.

Jerry, you've done a lot of Sooloos work, now spend some time enjoying the music.

Now I know why you CANT catch up cause you are now doing the "DELETING OFF DUPLICATES"!

This would effectively mean you might end up finding you have one too much of the Twinstore. Plus like throwing away some CD's just because they are duplicates.

Being nostalgic would prevent me from doing what you had done, cause even though I may not listen to a particular "duplicate" CD, I will still keep it, to remember who gave it to me and what I had been doing at that point in time.

Talking about spending time doing a lot of work, I can quote my friend Howie ... "My neck and eyes still hurts from all that loading". Yes siree, my eyes are still teary whenever I look at my Sooloos and now I have to do another 1.6k of Cover Art, Labels and searching to ensure information accuracy in the Sooloos on all the CD's I uploaded.

Last thing I would like to have is a Barry Manilow CD showing DECCA as his label and that he started singing his hit in 2001. This example of how wrong information would really upset me.

I suppose I will now STOP at 5070 CDs. Next would be to do an external backup, then reformat the C15+Twinstore. After which, reload all the files onto just the 2 Twinstore only such that everything now have a back up within the Sooloos system. I dread to think that information on the C15 have to be backup on an external drive.

Yes, I am listening to the system and with each passing day, I love my Meridian setup more and more! I'll also start listening to my vinyl collection too! Had not been doing that for the past 2 months as busy loading/cleaning the Sooloos files.

I am sure I will be listening and enjoying the music from my chair when all the chores had been completed! Estimate this will be sometime late July.

Hopefully, by then, I will be ready for Jim's visit to this part of the world and hopefully, he can give an honest assessment of my humble system. Of course, a bad one will probably pave the way for an excuse for another combo

Cheers!