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PS Audio PWD + Bridge - ripping?

PS Audio's introduction of its much anticipated Bridge looks to be precisely the refreshingly simple breakthrough I've been waiting for to justify finally making the move to computer-based audio.

Prior to this, many of the complications, minutia, tweaks, debates, etc., associated with getting close to SOTA sound quality - separate DAC, dedicated server, and NAS - admittedly initially appealed my gadget geek/recovering engineer side, but ultimately became a tiresome turnoff. I just want to enjoy music on my terms with close to SOTA SQ and minimal complications.

PWD/Bridge's ability to use a simple, cheap USB hard drive for library storage is particularly appealing. PS is apparently working on their own NAS with built-in ripper, but my guess is it'll be probably be spendy and I'm not sure it'll be flexible enough re HD upgrades.

Does anyone know whether it'll be possible to connect USB HD and CD drives directly to the PWD/Bridge to rip discs, or will I have to "do it the old fashioned way", hanging the drives off of my laptop?
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What is the USB Router (hub)supposed to do? What are the advantages? Is the Perfect Wave Library still on the books?
What about the new digital lens? It seems that there are a lot of products being promised or discussed by PS Audio that just never are heard of again. I liked the idea of the library in that it would be a closed system with no computer involved, one would just put the CD in and it would rip the files onto the internal hard drives of the PWL.
At the beginning, of the Perfect Wave project, I thought there was talk of the PWT's output being used to send the files to a hard drive system of some kind?

Now there is talk of the PWT/PWD decoding DSD files but again are these promises or just meanderings to keep people excited? Who supplies music files in the DSD format? I thought DSD was property to Sony's patents for SACD.

I'm extremely happy with the PWT/PWD and have ordered the bridge but really have no clue as to the best way to use the product. I certainly don't want to RIP all my CDs using one method, and have to start all over again latter.

Thanks in advance if you know the answers to these questions and don't mind sharing.
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