YK Thom Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Have been considering the advantages of ripping my CDs. Ideally I’d like to look into a component that rips, stores and plays. I see Naim has the Uniti rigs although they are far more expensive than I like. Anyone using something along these lines that won’t break the bank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willland Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 Just saw this. https://nadelectronics.com/product/m50-2-digital-music-player/ Bill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YK Thom Posted October 30, 2017 Author Share Posted October 30, 2017 2 hours ago, willland said: Just saw this. https://nadelectronics.com/product/m50-2-digital-music-player/ Bill This is the sort of thing I was thinking about. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtr20 Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 http://www.bluesound.com/en-us/products/vault-2/ I just picked up the Bluesound Node 2 DAC/streaming player. I like it, it works great for streaming media like Tidal. You just use your smart phone or tablet to control it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YK Thom Posted October 30, 2017 Author Share Posted October 30, 2017 Wow, that is nice. Two terabytes and flack to boot. Getting closer to my price range. I plan to get something like this perhaps early next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 What's flack? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wirrunna Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 https://www.smallgreencomputer.com/collections/audio-server/products/micro-jukebox?variant=5714824068 This is a Linux box running Logitech Media Server and just works. I have built 6 similar units for my kids and a few friends. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerwoodKhorns Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 2 hours ago, Wirrunna said: https://www.smallgreencomputer.com/collections/audio-server/products/micro-jukebox?variant=5714824068 This is a Linux box running Logitech Media Server and just works. I have built 6 similar units for my kids and a few friends. What did you use for the computer or server to built the 6 additional units? I have an old HP server that might work nicely for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wirrunna Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 tigerwoodKhorns, an old HP server should work. Here is the wiki for the DIY http://wiki.vortexbox.org/ I have built VortexBoxes (VB) on old computers but they were noisy, these days I use a mini ITX motherboard, cheap SSD and an 8TB HDD with a PicoPSU. For players I now use RaspberryPi https://sites.google.com/site/picoreplayer/home The VB runs Logitech Media Server for music and PLEX for video. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtmudd Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 4 hours ago, Schu said: What's flack? Flac https://www.lifewire.com/flac-file-2621334 https://warmleftovers.com/2012/08/05/no-flac-does-not-sound-better-and-you-are-not-an-audiophile-because-you-use-it-heres-what-it-actually-is-and-why-its-important/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 What is flack? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YK Thom Posted October 31, 2017 Author Share Posted October 31, 2017 40 minutes ago, Schu said: What is flack? Like I said ai am extremely new to this. A lot of the digital equipment I see reviewed in Stereophile I skip over. Flack seems to be what I’m getting. Wink 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YK Thom Posted November 1, 2017 Author Share Posted November 1, 2017 The small Green computer option looks promising and is priced much closer to what I was hoping to spend. I’m going to look a little deeper into these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Smith Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 On 10/30/2017 at 9:29 PM, YK Thom said: Like I said ai am extremely new to this. A lot of the digital equipment I see reviewed in Stereophile I skip over. Flack seems to be what I’m getting. Wink Schu is being a smartass. The file format is FLAC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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