I'm retired needed another hobby to keep myself busy. I've had stereo systems for most of my life. My first receiver was a Hearthkit AR15 which I built from a kit while in the Navy stationed on an old WWII aircraft carrier during the Vietnam War. After I left the Navy I worked in IT in a Data Center for 42 years so going digital was very interesting to me. I used dBpoweramp to rip my small CD collection of 500 cd's to FLAC uncompressed on my Dell tower running Windows 10 Pro with windows spaces configured to mirror 3 internal drives. I have a Antipodes DX-1 but didn't use their drive or software to rip because I wanted to get the metadata right. Getting the metadata right, I use MP3Tag, is lots of work but I have plenty of time. Look into a free Microsoft utility called SyncToy to synch your folders (needs Netframework installed to work). I have three folders on my Dell (Ripped Music, HDtracks, Acoustic Sounds) which I synch to one folder on my Antipodes. Just setup three folder pairs in SyncToy in echo mode and run one of them when an album is added to your collection. It's great for synching your backups also.
Matt, I would love to now what albums you pick to test your components!
Have fun, enjoy your systems and music.
Larry
Matt, I would love to now what albums you pick to test your components!
Have fun, enjoy your systems and music.
Larry