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Computer-based digital audio repository system

I was interested in putting together a computer system that would allow me to rip my CD's onto a large hard drive as .WAV files (full CD data preserved). The system would then organize my data so that I could extra pieces of it to burn to a CD for use in the car, or send some of it to an MP3 player for use while exercising. Or, it could function as a jukebox that would either let me specifically select something that I want to hear or I would select a genre and it would automatically choose the source. This would then be routed through a digital cable to an external DAC and through an audiophile-grade system.

I was wondering if anybody was doing this already and, if so, what hardware and software you're using to make it happen. I am currently experimenting with a software product called MusicMatch Jukebox to see if this is feasible with that software.

I appreciate the opinions and experience of people who have already tried this.

Michael
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MAC just released iTunes for windows, it's a free download, should easily do all that....you will need massive storage if you have many discs at all. I use my MAC for this, but save them in MP3 or AAC @192bps and use over 40 Gigs for a couple hundred CD's. In raw formet (what you propose) you will need something in the range of TERRa bytes!

That's OK, we'll (many of us) do that soon....until storage comes down a bit and OS's handle the faster drives better, I'll stay the way I am...
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