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July 9, 2019, 10:51 AM #1
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CD ripper (hardware) AND NAS (audiophile is possible?)
Beyond the obvious PC, what can we buy on market?
I have seen Innuos (Zen and other models) and Aurender, Cocktail audio, Blusound, and an expensive gear from New Zealand, but all of these also have a streamer and even DAC included.
If Idon't want to pay (use) for these features, so: do you know where to go?
(Off-trade now there was NAIM with a kind of NAS (2 Terabyte), the UNITI-server; thanks for the advices...)
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July 9, 2019, 10:59 AM #2
Re: CD ripper (hardware) AND NAS (audiophile is possible?)
Aurender ACS10 (best IMO)
NAIM Uniti Core (we put a 12TB in ours)
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July 9, 2019, 12:00 PM #3
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Thank you...
I just saw right now the Naim.... very expansive without SSD or HDD, too.
(Beautiful power supply and EAC for ripping.... sound amazing.)
I just found out... "Small Green Computer"... I'm waiting for their "help" to find the right device.
P.S. "very expansive" was (is!) for Aurender!!!
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July 9, 2019, 02:18 PM #4
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Re: CD ripper (hardware) AND NAS (audiophile is possible?)
Nativ Vita player + CD ripper.
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July 9, 2019, 02:44 PM #5
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WoW! Too-beautiful (design) but...
...the Small Green C. staff wrote me (very kind people) about the SONICTRANSPORTER i5 CDR, not so beauty beast (design) but very good price for 4 Tera (SSD!) at 1899USD.
Ripping software custom (?) but Switching Power Supply (12V 5A) DLNA compatible.
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July 9, 2019, 05:13 PM #6
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Melco D100 (ripper) and Melco N100 (storage). Great value for money
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July 9, 2019, 06:23 PM #7
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Re: CD ripper (hardware) AND NAS (audiophile is possible?)
Ripper: Your current computer using DBPoweamp software.
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July 10, 2019, 02:48 AM #8
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July 11, 2019, 07:02 AM #9
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Re: CD ripper (hardware) AND NAS (audiophile is possible?)
What do you use now?
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July 11, 2019, 09:50 AM #10
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July 13, 2019, 10:45 AM #11
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ah! I see. Your initial question was confusing because you equated the "ripper" with "hardware".
In reality, the ripper is the software that you need to rip the CDs. A computer (hardware) alone without the ripping software will do nothing for you.
For rippers, I would avoid the software products that come with the computers (iTunes, windows media, etc). The two best CD rippers (software) are Exact Audio Copy (available for free) and DBPoweramp (not free). I have used both. I recommend DBPoweramp over EAC only because it has a better graphical interphase.
The motto should be: rip once, do it right, and forget it. There are now many one-box devices that will do ripping, however, IMO they cannot compare to either EAC or DBP. Those one-box options are enticing because they are convenient (i.e., save time) but quite frankly, if you want to rip a CD and know that it is 100% done correctly with the correct metadata and best possible quality, EAC and DBP would be my only go-to options. And if you are going to rip classical music, you WILL need to fix the metadata for the ripped albums. DBP allows you to do that. Specialized tagging software like MP3TAG is highly recommended if you have a large classical CD collection to be ripped.
A NAS is an external, independent, storage that will be connected to your system via ethernet or wifi. The NAS can be accessed by multiple computers and devices connected to the same network. I have been using Drobo for over a decade and it works very well. I know of many folks that use Synology and QNAP with great success as well. The advantage of having a NAS (as opposed to the files stored in a device hard drive) is that the NAS can be accessed by other components not just the one that has the hard drive. Also, if you decide to get rid of the device, your music files remain intact in your NAS. I am not aware of an "audiophile" NAS; to me, a NAS is a NAS that stores your data and should deliver that data bit-perfect to your equipment. How it sounds will be determined by your DAC and the rest of your equipment.
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July 13, 2019, 10:53 AM #12
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Re: CD ripper (hardware) AND NAS (audiophile is possible?)
Well... yes, and... no: sorry.
Just an example: NAIM with "Uniti Core" is a piece of hardware that has a CDR (TEAC?) inside that uses the EAC software (automatically) to rip CDs and it has (inside) also a SSD like a NAS, in fact you simply insert a disc and it will be stored on the SSD ready to... stream it.
NAIM is worldwide known as a HIFI/HIEND Company.
One example is enought... sometimes.
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July 13, 2019, 11:35 PM #13
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July 13, 2019, 11:45 PM #14
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What’s wrong with using your PC to RIP CDs? As long as you rip lossless, it’s the playback software that matters. DO NOT use your computer to play music.
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July 14, 2019, 02:18 AM #15
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Re: CD ripper (hardware) AND NAS (audiophile is possible?)
It's a NAS or... something like that because it shares over UPnP the files (Music) like (another one for eg) Innuos.
But, let's go ahead; topic is CDR and NAS; if your thought is NOT possible (as audiophile) or NOT useful like Mr. BluFox is writing... OK, I see your opinion.
Thanks.
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