[dba-Tech] Phonographs to CDs

Francisco H Tapia my.lists at verizon.net
Mon May 17 12:50:16 CDT 2004


Drew Wutka wrote On 5/14/2004 5:30 PM:

>Anyhow, just looked on eCost.com, and they have a Maxtor 200 gig drive for
>$149.  Their 100 pack of CD's is $29.  So to get 3000 CD's, you're talking
>$870.  Instead, get a large hard drive, and buy a bunch of CD-RW's.  Though
>not all CD players will play CD-RW's.  However, if you buy a MP3 player (cd
>version), you can put close to 10 LP's on one MP3 cd.  Going the direct CD
>route is going to cost you at least 4 times as much.
>  
>
100pak is $9 at outpost.com (Fry's)
http://www.salescircular.com/ca/computer/cdrecp.shtml

for your state, replace CA in the url above to reflect.

ripping in MP3, he'd have to rip at a mininum of 256kbs in order to keep 
the highest possible fidelity.  Unless he is going for lossless, in that 
case WAVE still beats mp3 hands down.

-- 
-Francisco





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