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I know that I can research this in depth, but for
just a quick/dirty answer while some students take a
quiz: If I wanted to go the "play music from your computer
through your home audio gear, a good route might be:
My Mac PowerBook (I don't have a desktop anymore)
with large external drive which would contain sound
files losslessly ripped, then wireless transmission
to something like Airport Express, which I would
plug into an Aux input on my preamp. CD quality
sound, right? Thanks

I am not a Mac person, but this appears correct. But
remember that the D/A
and output stage can't have high end quality. It's an
electrically noisy device, made very cheaply.

Bob Morein
(310) 237-6511

I see; thanks. Would something like the standard
(about $300) Squeezebox be better?

I would think so. I think I've seen reviews indicating
that it's decent. Bob Morein
(310) 237-6511

Thanks. I'm not at all sure that I'm going to go this
route; it's just a passing thought for now. I'm not
sure what I would gain, to tell the truth, other than
the space that my CD collection takes up in the room.

How many CDs? Its cheaper to go buy a 300 or 400 disc
changer and call it good enough.

Looks like a new 400 disc DVD changer would be something like $400.

Home CD CD changers are more like $250.

If coded at 128 kBps, 400 1-hour CDs would take up about 25 GB. Less than
double that for 192 kBps.

Finding 25 GB of free space on a modern laptop is not a reach. A larger
laptop with a 100 GB drive could hold 50 GB of music without being too tight
for normal use.

I suspect that any reasonably modern laptop could be upgraded to 100 GB for
less than $250 parts and labor.

If you go to the hassle of ripping a large CD collection
to a hard drive... I would strongly encourage you use a
RAID config with mirroring.

Like RAID-5 for reliability?

You won't be happy having to back that drive up

The backup could be as simple as the original discs.

A 100 GB external drive might be an acceptable "mirror" drive - should run
well under $100.

and you'll be doubly unhappy if/when your drive dies.

Laptop hard drives are extra likely to fail or just slow down a lot.


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