Reccomend a nas / cd ripper?

[philv]

Hi

Trying to setup msic streaming.

I am settling on -

Cambridge audio Dacmagic
Sonos connec

Now i need a nas with cd ripping

Can anyone recommend a nas / cd ripper?
It seems to me that this unfortunately will be the costlest art of the system?

Thanks
Phil

[Bullett]

A pc, I use dbpoweramp as it rips to flac, validates against other peoples rips, pulls cd art and track details.

[philv]

A dedicated pc connected to the router?

[The_Burg]

Vortexbox, any old PC and a decent hard drive.

Software is free, a suitable PC could be bought for well under £50, hard disk £75 ish.

[Bullett]

PC connected to the network
NAS connected to the network
Sonos connected to network

Run software on PC, tell it to put files onto the NAS.
Insert disc into PC let it rip, files put onto NAS
Repeat until all discs ripped.


Vortexbox is a good call, probably a bit overkill to work with Sonos though as Sonos doesn't need to run a server component like squeezebox. It does rip using EAC though which is what lead me to dbpoweramp which is the less technical approach.

[philv]

Does it matter if use windows xp or linux?
I know xp but not linux.

[Bullett]

dbpoweramp and EAC both run on windows.

[AlexS]

dbpoweramp for the ripping, it just works. Can be had for 21 days for free to see if you want it anyway, and then it will still work but the multi-thread capability (ie it will start ripping the 2nd track from the CD whilst the first track is being transcoded) is disabled. It also comes with a batch converter, so I initially converted all music to FLAC (to provide a lossless master and a source for the Sonos) and then converted everything to AAC for the iPod which the PC chugged through overnight.

A friend in work uses EAC (as it is free) and it appears to be a complete faff, and even using accurip takes ages to rip each CD.

[The_Burg]

philv said:

Does it matter if use windows xp or linux?
I know xp but not linux.

Don't have the slightest clue about Linux.
The Vortexbox just works.
Runs on pretty much anything. Single CD install takes no time at all.
Just feed it disks.

Can't get much simpler or cheaper. If you have an old PC just try it.

Mines running on an old P4 2.8Ghz with 1Gb of RAM works fine.