Currently using iTunes and ripping cds and saving as Apple Lossless to my PC's hard drive and successfully streaming to a modified Airport Express. Planning on going outside my comfort zone, downloading dbPoweramp and re-ripping my cds in AIFF format, saving to an external Western Digital HD and playing using JRiver. Before I embark on this adventure, I need to know - will this be relatively simple for a non-techie guy like me? I'm hoping dbpoweramp and jriver are user-friendly. Are they? If anyone "out there" is willing to let me email or call them offline if I run into problems, I would certainly appreciate it. None of my local audiophile friends are into computer audio.
iRiver and dbPoweramp connectivity
Hello, I just purchased an Astell & Kern ak120, and also just purchased dbPoweramp to rip CD's to load onto the player. Sound quality is excellent. I am having a little difficulty though navigating the iRiver software and loading music onto the player. It is not as "plug and play" as iTunes. When I rip Cd's using dbPoweramp, the iRiver software does not seem to locate the newly added music. I have engaged in a 3+ step process to rip CD's to a Music folder or into the iRiver folder with dbPoweramp, re-start the iRiver software so it scans the computer and recognizes the new music that was just loaded onto the computer, and then transfer the new music file into the iRiver library, before transmitting it into the ak120. I am hoping that this old dog can be taught some new tricks to make this less cumbersome. Thanks for any insight.