[dba-Tech] OT: A big day

Hi Gary

Time is a problem. "Ripping" LPs must wait until I retire.
Couldn't you replace the fans in that old Dell? Or move it to another room?

/gustav

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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Gary Kjos
Sendt: 20. februar 2013 18:11
Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] OT: A big day

Hi Gustav,

Yes Lossless will take up a lot of space but the price of disk has come down
over the years. I've only got about 500 CD's and maybe 400 vinyl disks in my
collection.  But many of my favorite vinyl disks I also have in CD form. I
have digitized a few of the LP's I couldn't find on CD and while it's better
than not having them in digital form, it is pretty time consuming and takes
a fair amount of effort. So I've not done a wholesale import on the vinyl.
I've got a single terabyte drive I've dedicated to the music and that seems
to have plenty of space for what I need for the foreseeable future.   My
biggest concern right now is that the PC I use for storing the music is
making too much noise. I'm not sure if it's the power supply fan or the main
case fan but it's making more sound than i like. It's a 2004 vintage Dell
Dimension and so isn't the fastest machine either although that really
doesn't hinder anything excepting the boot time for the most part. So I am
currently researching parts to build a new system that will be quieter. I've
seen a couple cases that have the look of other stereo equipment and may go
that route.

All it takes is time and money.  Both are hard to come by though.
Once we get through the winter here, time in particular becomes real problem
for me.

GK

On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Gustav Brock <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:
> Hi Gary
>
> To me the distribution is an upcoming project to which no obvious 
> solution exists. For recording I've used the WMA format in its 
> lossless setting and that works quite well but consumes an awful lot 
> of disk space. Ripping all my CDs, not to say my LPs, would be quite 
> expensive. So it is not in the near future.
>
> /gustav