kidcreole123

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Starting from scratch and say $5000
I was thinking of trying some mono blocks but not entirely opposed to go with an integrated either. Not sure how long I will be in the lively 20x25 room or if we will have a party room in future space but assuming I'll end up with monitors on stan... 
Ripping CD's to hard drive
ps I don't think I have ever used that many parentheses in one post. apologies!  
Ripping CD's to hard drive
if I may throw in a mini digression for my own situation:  1. Ripped most of my small collection with a 2008 imac and itunes, mostly into lossless as offered by itunes of the early 2010s. They show as m4a, called AAC @ 256kbps bit rate, 44kHz sam... 
Optical USB drive for ripping
thanks, I had already seen that one and was following. Did not want to highjack this thread or that one but thought a nudge back to OP was appropriate before it became a flac vs wav vs mp3 or suggestions for audiophile-grade cd players with balanc... 
Optical USB drive for ripping
  "Optical USB drive for ripping" (reminder of OP) I appreciate the discussion so far, but since I am in same boat as OP, I will request some suggestions for devices that fall into the above category (there are none so far): a usb optical drive...