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What digital system to replace cd changer for whole house system

SuzieSnowflake
14 years ago

We have a whole house sound system (speakers in the ceilings) which is connected to a cd changer and receiver. Ultimately we would like to be able to convert all of our cds into digital form (like iTunes on our computer) and play the music through our whole house sound system. Is this possible? If so, what would we need to do this?

Thanks!

Comments (2)

  • steve_a
    14 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Get a large-capacity iPod and an iPod dock for your home sound system. I use a Belkin dock, but there are others available from Apple, and from some of the home electronics companies. Some of these have remotes to control the iPod, some or all allow video playback if your system is also a home theater system. iTunes is an excellent way to convert CDs, IMO.

  • gardurnit
    14 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    There are some really 'fun' and simple ways to convert your
    music from CD format to hard drives.

    The way I would do this is

    AA. Find the best absolutely no cost limit what you can
    imagine without regard to the time it takes and image
    absolutly what you want.

    BB. Consider the absolute minimim .. totally at the edge of
    giving up on the idea and nearly not doing it.. level of
    minimal work ..

    CC. Decide where you lie between those limits.

    That's a part of the puzzle.

    One facet from each of us will describe a part of the
    'diamond' of idea we all have. They're all different
    diamond like ideas.

    Music is easy to play on a computer without loading the
    computer down. The basics of lots of music at your command
    for free using Winamp or VLC as the player and free
    software to convert CD's to hard drive audio is simple.

    A CD copy shop might do the entire job of 200 CDs for $200
    or less. I had a shop once and I would do the job for that
    price.

    What woudl happen is all of your CD's would be loaded
    by hand or machine so the computer can read them and
    copy their data, music, to the hard drive. Each hard drive
    can be huge or small. It can be a portable, push into a
    carrier, where it can be hidden, or locked. These are
    common $14 items and each hard drive can be slid into the
    computer from the outside.

    Each HD can have separate music or one hard drive can have
    all of your music. At this point you have music
    available.

    Now playing it is as simple as choosing which albums or
    which tracks or if you want to make or download, for free,
    your own playlists which run , for free on Winamp or VLC.

    Those players will play a playlist of your music or they
    will simply play whatever you have on the har drive and
    they'll play it in any order , all day and night or
    at various volumes, But the basics is that it's simple
    and you'll have all your music right at your fingertips
    with no cost except the computer and some help from
    your own questions or a professional.

    copying CD's to hard drive is dumb simple. For $200 you
    can buy an automatic disc loader for CD copying and let
    it run for you and then sell it when you're done. Or
    you can pop in a CD every few minutes and do it yourself
    by hand. Or pay a CD copy company to do it for you.
    They have the auto loading device. It can run at night
    and the entire job might be done in the morning and
    your hard drive(s) will have all of your music ready to
    play.

    The basics are the same no matter if you use an ipod, a
    computer, or a cell phone. The limits are how closly
    are you wanting to be involved with the technology.

    Personally I would want it to play, quietly ni the
    background without me knowing it was there.

    Other people get 'ready' to rock and can't wait to program
    the tracks and make a date of it.

    This behavior pattern is the 'high and low' of the
    experience you want to experience back at AA, BB, and CC.

    Let us know a bit more about you, where you live (big city or not) And what you plan to do with your music.. what
    does it mean to you? IF it's simply about protecting
    your investment then an external USB hard drive is the
    easiest way to handle it but it's also and easy way to
    break it. Note: You'll want to have at least 1 backup
    of all of your work.

    So that means 2 hard drives, full, of music. Not at all
    expensive or hard to do. But you have to back up.

    You will need a plan and a good plan because it's a big
    project , unless someone does it for you, and you don't
    want to live through it more than one time I'm pretty
    sure.

    Good luck. I'll look back on you.
    Andre

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