Computer vs CD/SACD discs

Speavler, I now have most of my 400 sacds on my harddrive in DSD and play them in native double DSD. My HD tracks are also played in double DSD as are my 700 cds. I'm using JRiver MC19 and controlling my music server Mac Mini 2011 with a Macbook Pro. The Mac app Remote was much easier, but Mac has abandoned better music.

The MC19 affords the opportunity to play a cd at 44/16 or at double native DSD. You hear such more music with double DSD that I only do this to demonstrate and never for my information.

Audiolabyrinth, all I can say is that I don't live where you do. I would hate to have to go back to relying on an optical reader with all its errors and other problems.

Joecasey, I would agree that a music server is convenient especially relative to vinyl and even a player. But I find players the lowest quality and music servers and vinyl very close together. I don't know what his motivations are for saying this, but I find it ridiculous.

Dbphd, hmmm, I didn't think I was sarcastic, but I do think you are ignorant.

Audiolabyrinth, I have no idea why you have, "to keep viruses and malware, hard drive clear of errors off the computer" troubles. I have none. It is so easy to have 900 albums from cds, in DSD, and from HD tracks at hand without having to look for them.

Audiolabyrinth, were I to have your problems, I guess I too would have reservations, but I have none. I have never had a virus. What problems I have are with internet connection because of provider issues. Perhaps it is because I have only Macs, seven of them, including one on my music server running in Windows 7 using JRiver MC 19.

I have well over 1000 cds and find what I seek in storage is a major put off for me. I also have 400 sacds with 100 of them in DSD on my server. If you compare sacds played off the shinny disc versus in DSD on the server, you would never go back.

I have no desire to take what can be read by the optical reader with many error corrections off a disc that I spent a half hour finding. Enjoy yourself!

Rgs92, no, I did not do it myself. Empirical Audio Legacy did it for me. He is a pro guy who also made my prototype Mac Mini and makes the TuneBank. He hopes ultimately to sell his units retail and to make this service available.

On the Exemplar eXpo T105 modified Oppo 105, I could play the SACDs that he had put on the TuneBank from that source and the same SACDs using the universal player. Those on the TuneBank sounded much better, but there are reasons. One, off the TuneBank I was playing with the filters moved up greatly and in DSD. I'm not sure what the SACDs were playing on the universal player. And two, the TuneBank doesn't have the errors of the optical drive.