![]() plastic that slides makes dust which is not always a lubricant.I'm not adverse to fixing mine up to keep it going. 'Course you could always open up what you have & see what's wrong. Oftentimes I'll come across an old one and be like, "I wonder if I remember any of this? Would I even still think it's any good?" And rather than wait while I rip and compress all the tracks, I could just put it in a CD player and listen and see if I actually still like the songs. However I own hundreds and hundreds of CDs, and not all of them am I even interested in ripping to a server. I'm well-versed in the advantages of storing music on a server and streaming it locally and over the web. I use Plex and SMB shares to stream to a wide variety of devices, from Chromecasts to Volumio to laptops with USB DACs, including ones by Focusrite, Behringer, M-Audio, and Roland. You can likely use an existing device (PC/Laptop even Tablet or TV) and spend less than $200 on a DAC.I keep my music files on a VM running in a different part of the house, encoded in both. Yeah I get that this all sounds more complicated than simply swapping out the all in one CD player option, but for the short term pain of making a simple transition to update the tech an entirely new world of possibilities opens up. ![]() You can likely use an existing device (PC/Laptop even Tablet or TV) and spend less than $200 on a DAC. A quick search of a DJ/Music store and I can find a Behringer interface capable of 16bit/48 (CD quality essentially) for $39 AUS! Spend a little more and you'll be at 24bit/192 as a minimum. I use a Focusrite Scarlet a fair bit and it sounds fantastic. Most of these have excellent D to A capabilities and aren't attracting the 'dedicated audiophile' price tags. If you need a DAC for your computer output (USB-whatever type) don't forget to simply check for an 'audio interface'. Add a DAC between TV and amp if needed - even the TV's built in DAC is probably ok. A lot of these are now also capable of streaming from your favourite services as well.ģ) Heck, you can even just put your music on a portable drive (or USB stick) and plug it into the back of your smart tv. Plenty of options available for playback.all likely faster than retrieving a CD:ġ) Play files from laptop with a USB DAC if needed.Ģ) Buy a dedicated network capable DAC and point it to your home share drive. Even this is becoming somewhat redundant with studio quality streaming services readily available and other options to buy the digital content at quality levels far exceeding CD. I transferred my CD collection to a home share drive years ago and haven't looked back. Unlike Vinyl or RTR-Tape there just isn't anything to get 'enthusiastic' about. Apart from say the booklet/cover associated with a physical CD they are otherwise essentially redundant (IMO).
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