bobca
New Member
Lots of good comments in this thread. Like many of you, I ripped music in several forms over the years, & I added music files through purchases of digital music as well. Also like many of you, I was not fully happy with my situation as to formats, players, & devices. I finally decided to "bite the bullet" & re-rip everything I had to FLAC. I also decided to convert what I could, or re-download where possible, the digital content. The process was long & fraught with frustration with the digital content, but I am now pleased with my results.
I used EAC to re-rip all of my CDs. This took a long time, as I have over 8000 music files from CDs. EAC was confusing at first, but as I have seen mentioned, once setup, it is very easy to make it a repetitive production project. For playback on my PCs, I use Music Bee. I store my music on my desktop, laptop, and MS OneDrive for sync & backup. My son also syncs the full library to his laptop & PC, which normally reside halfway across the country. On mobile devices...my Andriod phone & laptop...I use Poweramp for playback. I am very pleased with the ease of use for everything now. I am also very pleased with playback quality through my vintage CR-1020 receiver, my current digital A/V receivers, my mobile devices, & my headphones attached to whatever device.
My latest car sound test has led to one recent change. I have been playing my mobile phone content through Bluetooth to my car's sound system. That was pretty good, & it allowed me to use the car's controls to navigate the music. I tried switching to a hard-wired connection for car playback, using the headphone jack plugged in the A/V source plugs. The sound is better, IMHO. I lose the navigation capability, but I like the sound better.
I used EAC to re-rip all of my CDs. This took a long time, as I have over 8000 music files from CDs. EAC was confusing at first, but as I have seen mentioned, once setup, it is very easy to make it a repetitive production project. For playback on my PCs, I use Music Bee. I store my music on my desktop, laptop, and MS OneDrive for sync & backup. My son also syncs the full library to his laptop & PC, which normally reside halfway across the country. On mobile devices...my Andriod phone & laptop...I use Poweramp for playback. I am very pleased with the ease of use for everything now. I am also very pleased with playback quality through my vintage CR-1020 receiver, my current digital A/V receivers, my mobile devices, & my headphones attached to whatever device.
My latest car sound test has led to one recent change. I have been playing my mobile phone content through Bluetooth to my car's sound system. That was pretty good, & it allowed me to use the car's controls to navigate the music. I tried switching to a hard-wired connection for car playback, using the headphone jack plugged in the A/V source plugs. The sound is better, IMHO. I lose the navigation capability, but I like the sound better.