Best Buy to cut CD & DVD space!

[TheHills44060]

You could just load all your CDs to a standalone music server such as the Olive 3HD:

http://www.olive.us/

Then you wouldn't need to access the internet or turn on a computer...

Also, it's not so much that the hobby is moving in this direction, but that the world in general is moving that way... So short of spending the rest of your life in an underground bunker, you may be forced to embrace new tech anyway...

In that case I would just continue to use my cd player. There would be no reason to transfer cd's to a music server if the server was simply acting as a player.

In the late 90's I used to download trance and techno tunes from Mp3.com only because they weren't available on cd. That was fine because it was new at the time but I have probably downloaded a total of 10 songs from the internet in the last 10 years.

[Ajani]

In that case I would just continue to use my cd player. There would be no reason to transfer cd's to a music server if the server was simply acting as a player.

In the late 90's I used to download trance and techno tunes from Mp3.com only because they weren't available on cd. That was fine because it was new at the time but I have probably downloaded a total of 10 songs from the internet in the last 10 years.

The major benefit of using a Music Server is actually not to download music from the internet.. It is to play music... 95% of the music in my server is from my original CDs (only 5% is downloaded music)...

I have playlists for just about every genre of music or mood that I feel like... So if I feel for early 90's reggae, I just press play and listen while the server goes through 40 songs... Now imagine if I had to be actively changing CDs instead to hear those 40 songs (from various albums)...

[Geoffcin]

Still living in 1991 are we?

[TheHills44060]

Still living in 1991 are we?

Eh, more like 1988 but close enough. Luckily I have enough records, tapes and cd's to last the rest of my lifetime without getting bored lol.

[TheHills44060]

Ahhhh now I see what you mean. Yeah the playlists seem like a really neat function but not enough for me to ditch a trusty cd player...especially one that sounds really good to my ear.

I could see myself possibly buying something like the Olive to play music in a room where I did a lot of entertaining but it would never find it's way into my main listening rig. That still doesn't help my qualms about being forced to "download" new music in the not too distant future though.

[E-Stat]

Yeah the playlists seem like a really neat function but not enough for me to ditch a trusty cd player...especially one that sounds really good to my ear.

I agree that convenience alone shouldn't replace quality. It shouldn't have to. I use a Squeezebox Touch as transport only connected to a Manley DAC. Admittedly, I use an existing Wi-FI network for connectivity. Even the latest $25k EMM Labs XSD1 player offers digital inputs to use its DAC separately.

I could see myself possibly buying something like the Olive to play music in a room where I did a lot of entertaining but it would never find it's way into my main listening rig.

I'm with you in that when I listen to the main system, I tend to be more focused and don't mind changing discs (or LPs for that matter).

That still doesn't help my qualms about being forced to "download" new music in the not too distant future though.

I confess my perspective differs based upon the convenience factor. You mean that I can instantly have any music I want without having to hunt down multiple stores or wait for Amazon.com to deliver a week later? This assumes one can still get at least CD quality.

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