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I gather the OP prefers Classical Music.  I second the suggestion of ripping them to a Hard Drive, such as the Bluesound Vault, but be aware that all the organizational systems can make finding Classical difficult.  They organize by the Composers first name, and inconsistently spell it from disc to disc.  Most Classical users are used to filing our physical discs by Composer last name.  So if you haven’t started copying yet, it is worthwhile to learn to edit the software before you start, so that each disc is entered in a way that makes sense for you.
  If the OP is retired, then this is a fun retirement project.  You will rediscover many CDs that you haven’t listened to in years and it could be a lot of fun.

+2 on the Roberjerman suggestion.

One more suggestion to OP or anybody interested in ripping CDs.

It sounds much better out of SSD rather than HD without spinning jitter.

That is my firsthand experience from direct comparison.


Hard drive is also more prone to failure.

2T SSD can be obtained around 250$.


Thomas

I agree that Linux is the way to go ONLY if you understand it. Very few people can get into Linux to do anything like assign a disk and create a backup routine. How about using FSCK to look at trouble areas? I ran million $$$ Linux database servers and it's the preferred choice for enterprise applications. As for the common Joe user, Linux is not there yet. If you buy a 3rd party music server, who are you going to take it to to locally to get it worked on? Also, if all you want to do is read bits off a disk/SSD, a Mac is all you need running Roon. Also most music servers want you to use USB which is a flawed interface.