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1) Legally, and I admit enforcement is extremely low, you should be able to prove provenance/ownership of all your copyrighted materials. 2) Another break-the-glass back up. -has anyone in this forum ever noticed a CD degrade? esp. early ones from say the mid 80's? There was a lot of hype at one point (started by Fremmer? (!! ) that CD's could degrade/oxidize/tarnish if not properly manufactured. I have never seen this. This would be a visible degradation, nothing subtle.
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It was the early output of one particular UK pressing plant, iirc.
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While I don’t have a dog or play frisbee, unfortunately, I do have a few scratched CDs in my collection that would not play in any of my CD players. But thanks to EAC, I had the ability to slow the speed of the disc drive and extract the data error-free. So I am now able to stream those CDs error free. You do make a good point about the potential for a hard drive to crash. I highly recommend that anyone who spends time ripping CDs take the time to create back ups. My suggestion is to use a NAS with multiple drives to allow redundancy or use a cloud-based backup system. I actually use both. |
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Setting Up My First Streaming System - Advice Needed
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Actually, a subscription to Tidal (or any similar service that streams at 44/16) is the most economical option for anyone starting from scratch or thinking of buying 1 or 2 CDs a month. For just $20 a month you get immediate access to tens of millions of songs. Put another way, a 500 CD collection like the one from the OP would cost $7,500 (assuming $15/CD). With $7,500 one could pay $20/month and subscribe to a streaming service for 31 years and 3 months! PS: I do agree that hi-Rez files are overpriced particularly those that have no more information than that of a regular CD but are being sold as hi-Rez. PS#2: Tidal gives you now higher Rez MQA files at no extra charge. Last edited by nicoff; 12-28-2017 at 06:30 PM. |
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I use multiple NAS drives in different houses which serve as mutual back-ups as well as to provide me with my entire library in each place. |
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Just saying: One size does not fit all. |
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