Thanks guys. North Star was not on my radar.
It may be inevitable but it also may be a few years.
I use EAC to rip discs at about 5 min each but that comes out to 7 days of 24hr a day ripping. I could do it in parts but still a major effort. As far as tags go EAC uses Freedb.org and it does get most but about 25% fails for me with hand typing of tracks and images are about 50 / 50, not really seeing that I want to go back and do that later.
I had been thinking about going with a Dac and a server that I slowly load to then use the OPPO as a trasport. I agree that is probably better bang for the buck, but as I want a quiet transport and players with digital inputs are common thought that may make more sense.
It may be inevitable but it also may be a few years.
I use EAC to rip discs at about 5 min each but that comes out to 7 days of 24hr a day ripping. I could do it in parts but still a major effort. As far as tags go EAC uses Freedb.org and it does get most but about 25% fails for me with hand typing of tracks and images are about 50 / 50, not really seeing that I want to go back and do that later.
I had been thinking about going with a Dac and a server that I slowly load to then use the OPPO as a trasport. I agree that is probably better bang for the buck, but as I want a quiet transport and players with digital inputs are common thought that may make more sense.