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Music File Storage Preference

I'm trying to sort out the last details before setting up a music server. I need to supply several rooms with sound so the Sonos made the most sense for me. I have about 1500 CD's ripped to FLAC files and plan to move them to NAS Drives on my wireless router. Using a Sonos Bridge to send out the signals.

Any thoughts on how the files should be stored on the drives? Right now each CD is in a separate folder with an "Artist - Album Name" label. Does that work best or should I do an Artist folder and then a sub-folder for each Album title? Should multiple disc albums be in one folder or each CD in a separate folder? I really only want to do this once!

I'm trying to get the best combination for the Sonos software, but I'll also keep a separate index in MediaMonkey on my PC.

Thanks for your input!
Paul :)
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i have my music files stored on a 1TB hard drive in a folder named "ALBUMS". They are arranged by "artist - album name". i only have about 500 albums though, but i like it this way. for multi-disc sets, i just save them as (Disc 1) and (Disc 2). e.g. "The Beatles - White Album (Disc 1)".

each folder has it's own album cover saved as "folder.jpg" and i have my view set to "thumbnail" so when i open the music folder each folder displays the album cover.
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