Keith_W
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My SACDs are not ripped too much time and effort.
I see. The way you worded your post made me think that you had ripped your SACD's. I have quite a substantial collection of them so I got kind of excited.
My SACDs are not ripped too much time and effort.
Indeed that is my big deal with online media. You own them until... you don't, because of one acquisition (and there are many) or one royalty disagreement. In my Spotify playlists, 2% at any time are no longer playing, even though they were there at some point. Hence, for my fav music, I'll never stop buying the originals - and CDs are a great way to do so.Yes except for rare, old or used and sale items. And sometimes they disappear on Qobuz. These were there and now gone.
Things I hadn’t taken much notice of here and should have.Thanks! I have outer plastic sleeves for the cardboard digipak and "CD-LP/wallet" style cases - is that what you mean? I'm generally not a huge fan of those kinds of cases because they seem to get shelf wear after a few years even if you hardly ever touch them, and I find the sleeves prevent that. When I started growing my collection again (along with some small purges along the way to keep the collection size under control and help fund new purchases), I found that one can get bulk packs of those sleeves on eBay very inexpensively.
Something I also really like for the CDs that come in the paperboard cases is the Japanese rice paper half-round inner sleeves. They are very thin and go directly over the CD, so it doesn't get scratched by the raw paperboard when you take it out and put it back in. A lot of recent-issue discs, especially 2-disc sets, fit very tightly in those sleeves and it's almost impossible not to scratch them - in fact, most come from the factory with small scratches just from having been initially inserted into the sleeve. Of course the scratches don't actually hurt anything, so it's kind of OCD - but hey, it's a hobby, those little inner sleeves are cool, and a 50-pack is only about $10, so...
The only CD ever that went unplayable is the one my ex-ex-wife scratched.Things I hadn’t taken much notice of here and should have.
Where it becomes painful (and I have had this) is if the back of the disc gets damaged. Then the disc can become unplayable. The back should be a much harder material but as with everything else the standard isn’t always met.
Media types come and go, but the music plays on. Did I celebrate CD's arrival? You bet. As a musician and classical music devotee, the flaws in the sound of LPs were annoying. One had to consciously tune out the garbage, wow, flutter, clicks and scrapes, and the bookcase-bending weight of vinyl to enjoy a musical performance. I didn't discard the hundreds of classical LPs and boxed sets, but I rarely play them. I do regret losing the colorful and informative sleeves.From Wikipedia:
The readable surface of a compact disc includes a spiral track wound tightly enough to cause light to diffract into a full visible spectrum.Media type Optical disc Encoding Various Capacity Typically up to 700 MiB (up to 80 minutes audio) Read mechanism 780 nm wavelength (infrared and red edge) semiconductor laser (early players used helium–neon lasers),[1] 1,200 Kbit/s (1×) Write mechanism 780 nm wavelength (infrared and red edge) semiconductor laser in recordable formats CD-R and CD-RW, pressed mold (stamper) in read only formats Standard Rainbow Books Developed by Philips, Sony Dimensions Diameter: 120 mm (4.7 in)
Thickness: 1.2 mm (0.047 in)Usage Audio and data storage Extended to Released
- October 1982; 40 years ago (Japan)
- 2 March 1983; 40 years ago (Europe and North America)
I very likely own the very first CD player to be purchased in my original hometown, Mobile, Alabama, at a highly discounted $475 At Saad Stereo, 40 years ago this month.
Family name, of course. But, yeah, the competition made not-very-clever jokes about it.Why would anybody name a hifi shop Saad Stereo. Surely it would make more business sense to call it Haappy Stereo.
It has been (relatively) trivial to rip multichannel SACDs for several years - I've ripped ~100 of mine with a $35 Sony player. If you want to do it, go for it.I see. The way you worded your post made me think that you had ripped your SACD's. I have quite a substantial collection of them so I got kind of excited.
Sure, but that's a different topic completely. I was just talking about discovering new music similar to how one used to in physical record stores. I feel like the streaming services -- especially when viewed through the lens of Roon's UI -- does a very good job at that task.Yes except for rare, old or used and sale items. And sometimes they disappear on Qobuz. These were there and now gone.
Agreed, but in context of what was said, it is not same as discovering something at a thrift shop, Goodwill or Tower Records that was mentioned. Plus now one has it as long as they want. Streaming is better in many ways and faster, as you can listen to some or all of it and with Roon get lots of info and links to other stuff.Sure, but that's a different topic completely. I was just talking about discovering new music similar to how one used to in physical record stores. I feel like the streaming services -- especially when viewed through the lens of Roon's UI -- does a very good job at that task.
I don’t have an intel base computer but a Mac. So I am not sure these will work?It has been (relatively) trivial to rip multichannel SACDs for several years - I've ripped ~100 of mine with a $35 Sony player. If you want to do it, go for it.
Rip SACD with a Blu-ray player
Welcome to the HiFi Haven Rip SACD with a Blu-ray player thread! This thread does not intend to rehash or further detail the well established PlayStation 3 SACD ripping method, nor the more recent Blu-ray player method, that in each case typically involves use of a command line interface (CLI)...hifihaven.org
SACD Ripping Guide
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I hope that at least one is in an undisclosed location for the ultimate in security.They are stored in different locations.
I disagree. I think the Internet is perfectly capable of approximating the discovery process of a brick and mortar store. In the context of rare or back catalog content, the Internet is clearly superior to any venue which has to contend with limited physical space or regional availability constraints.Agreed, but in context of what was said, it is not same as discovering something at a thrift shop, Goodwill or Tower Records that was mentioned.
Plus now one has it as long as they want. Streaming is better in many ways and faster, as you can listen to some or all of it and with Roon get lots of info and links to other stuff.