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Music Collection Rotation
I have every CD I own on the MS750, and every new CD that arrives goes there first. Even though there's 750 CD's at my immediate beck and call, I still have what I refer to as the top fifty, and I usually have those CD's out, and ready to slip into the MCD500. I will rotate this top fifty a little bit, but I do it in phases. If I am enjoying particular CD's, they can stay in the top fifty for quite a while. I have been known to play the same CD three or four times in the same day, sometimes back to back, and still enjoy playing it again the next day. I like listening to my top fifty CD's, even though I could listen to anything else in my collection.
Am I alone in this habit, or are you doing something similar with your current favorite CD's?
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Dan STUDIO - McIntosh C1000C/P, MC2301 (2), MR88, Aurender N10, Esoteric K-01X, Shunyata Sigma spdif digital cable, Sonos Connect, PurePower 2000, Stillpoints, Furutech Flux 50, Michell Gyro SE, Michell HR Power Supply, SME 309, Ortofon Cadenza Black, Wireworld, Sonus faber Amati Anniversario LIVING ROOM - McIntosh C2300, MC75 (2), MR85, Magnum Dynalab 205, Simaudio MOON Neo 260D-T, Schiit Audio Yggdrasil, Aurender N100H, Shunyata Sigma USB cable, Micro Seiki DD40, Ortofon Cadenza Blue, Nakamichi BX-300, Sony 60ES DAT, PS Audio P10, Furutech Flux 50, Sonos Connect, Stillpoints, Wireworld, Kimber, PMC EB1i, JL Audio f113 VINTAGE - McIntosh MA230, Tandberg 3011A tuner, Olive 04HD, Sony DTC-59ES DAT, McIntosh 4300V, JBL 4312A |
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I have about 600 CD of which I have loaded about 400 on the MS-300. Of those 400 about 100 get played a lot. Occasionally I will listen to the same disc a couple times in a day especially if it is a newer disc.
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Jim.......Once your CD's are on the MS300, do you ever play the CD's again?
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Dan STUDIO - McIntosh C1000C/P, MC2301 (2), MR88, Aurender N10, Esoteric K-01X, Shunyata Sigma spdif digital cable, Sonos Connect, PurePower 2000, Stillpoints, Furutech Flux 50, Michell Gyro SE, Michell HR Power Supply, SME 309, Ortofon Cadenza Black, Wireworld, Sonus faber Amati Anniversario LIVING ROOM - McIntosh C2300, MC75 (2), MR85, Magnum Dynalab 205, Simaudio MOON Neo 260D-T, Schiit Audio Yggdrasil, Aurender N100H, Shunyata Sigma USB cable, Micro Seiki DD40, Ortofon Cadenza Blue, Nakamichi BX-300, Sony 60ES DAT, PS Audio P10, Furutech Flux 50, Sonos Connect, Stillpoints, Wireworld, Kimber, PMC EB1i, JL Audio f113 VINTAGE - McIntosh MA230, Tandberg 3011A tuner, Olive 04HD, Sony DTC-59ES DAT, McIntosh 4300V, JBL 4312A |
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I don't own a music server but my habits are similar to yours Dan. My favs change daily- sometimes more than that.
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I play SACD's of course but even though my CD rack is only 5 feet from the player I would guess only about twice a week do I actually pull out and play the CD's. It is just too easy to use the server.
Last edited by Still-One; 06-14-2009 at 01:56 PM. |
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Jim.......I love using the server, too, especially when I am in my office. I can hear the sound system, but can't see it, so I use the computer interface for the MS750 to keep the tunes rolling when I am in here. The server is playing right now, but when I move to the living room for some serious listening, it's CD's in the MCD500. My top 50 are standing by.
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Dan STUDIO - McIntosh C1000C/P, MC2301 (2), MR88, Aurender N10, Esoteric K-01X, Shunyata Sigma spdif digital cable, Sonos Connect, PurePower 2000, Stillpoints, Furutech Flux 50, Michell Gyro SE, Michell HR Power Supply, SME 309, Ortofon Cadenza Black, Wireworld, Sonus faber Amati Anniversario LIVING ROOM - McIntosh C2300, MC75 (2), MR85, Magnum Dynalab 205, Simaudio MOON Neo 260D-T, Schiit Audio Yggdrasil, Aurender N100H, Shunyata Sigma USB cable, Micro Seiki DD40, Ortofon Cadenza Blue, Nakamichi BX-300, Sony 60ES DAT, PS Audio P10, Furutech Flux 50, Sonos Connect, Stillpoints, Wireworld, Kimber, PMC EB1i, JL Audio f113 VINTAGE - McIntosh MA230, Tandberg 3011A tuner, Olive 04HD, Sony DTC-59ES DAT, McIntosh 4300V, JBL 4312A |
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My server is a Mac Mini using iTunes, which gets most of the play time due to its convenience. I use the 'last played' and 'play count' columns to keep me honest and play some music that's not in that top 50 or so. A few CDs and all my (couple dozen) SACDs are kept close at hand and get a good deal of play. While the vast majority of CDs are stored in the basement since all CDs are on the server, I do miss having them to glance at on a shelf and pick something with the whole collection in sight. Although, truth be told, I do not miss that enough if it meant giving up the server!
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Sources: Vinyl: Clearaudio Innovation Wood turntable with 9" Universal tonearm, Da Vinci V2 cartridge, Stillpoints SS & Stillpoints clamp, McIntosh MVP 901, Apple Mac mini via Benchmark DAC 1, Aurender N100C via Schiit Yggdrasil Control: McIntosh C1100, Mcintosh MX151 Power: Mcintosh MC2301s (front), McIntosh MC501 (center), Mcintosh MC402 (rear) Speakers: Sonus Faber Amati Futura (front and back), SF Vox center Power/connections: PS Audio Power Port receptacles, RGPC 400 pro (2) WireWorld interconnects and speaker cable |
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Since all my digital listening is done via FLAC, random shuffle on Foobar gets used a lot
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Just this morning I pulled 20 CD's out of them top 50, put the back in the CD rack, and pulled ten fresh CD's. I also have 10 new CD's that have arrived in the past two weeks that are in the top 50 right now. Between the top 50, which get a lot of play in a given two week period, and the MS750, the music is always going, and always good.
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Dan STUDIO - McIntosh C1000C/P, MC2301 (2), MR88, Aurender N10, Esoteric K-01X, Shunyata Sigma spdif digital cable, Sonos Connect, PurePower 2000, Stillpoints, Furutech Flux 50, Michell Gyro SE, Michell HR Power Supply, SME 309, Ortofon Cadenza Black, Wireworld, Sonus faber Amati Anniversario LIVING ROOM - McIntosh C2300, MC75 (2), MR85, Magnum Dynalab 205, Simaudio MOON Neo 260D-T, Schiit Audio Yggdrasil, Aurender N100H, Shunyata Sigma USB cable, Micro Seiki DD40, Ortofon Cadenza Blue, Nakamichi BX-300, Sony 60ES DAT, PS Audio P10, Furutech Flux 50, Sonos Connect, Stillpoints, Wireworld, Kimber, PMC EB1i, JL Audio f113 VINTAGE - McIntosh MA230, Tandberg 3011A tuner, Olive 04HD, Sony DTC-59ES DAT, McIntosh 4300V, JBL 4312A |
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My CD's are rotated fairly often. I try to pull the ones from the back every couple of weeks.
Most of the time I am playing the MS300, I have over 600 CD's on there. Shuffling through the music there is easy. If I start playing 1 or 2 songs from each CD on the MS300, I build a playlist that I can go back to later.
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