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I have tried ripping to flac with jRiver and EAC. I haven't been able to get the tracks tagged automatically. I'm hoping there is a good free solution out there to rip bit perfect with the ease of auto tagging/album art. Is there a solution to make either of the above programs work? I was also consider Media Monkey. Does MM rip bit perfect in flac? What should I do? Thanks!

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If one were to store music on an external hard drive and not locally. What speeds would you recommend for playback? I'm not worried about the speed to transfer the music onto the drive. 5400/usb2.0 or 7200/2.0 or 7200/esata/3.0?

Thanks for all the input. He has no Apple or Android products so it seems silly to buy one just for the remote function. I have this old laptop lying around anyway. It sounds like different people have had different levels of success with remote desktop. I'm going to have to try it to see for myself. Remote Desktop and a wireless keyboard with the tv as a display were the only cheap and simple solutions I could think of. Am I missing anything?

So I'm helping my dad set up the computer side of his stereo. He is just learning to use a computer so any solution should firstly be easy to use. Can an old Windows XP laptop be the "head" for a new Windows 7 media center? Is there backwards compatibility in Windows for that using remote desktop? Would he be able to sit across the room with the laptop and see what he is selecting to listen to? Would it really slow it down with if the laptop is an old dual core 1.6 ghz when the new desktop is a 3 ghz core i3? I'll be setting it up initially. So far so good - We've got a brand new Lenovo desktop w/Windows 7 playing Flac and Wav through JRiver coming out a Music Fidelity V-link to his Dac via toslink. He's pretty happy with the sound. Right now he's got a monitor on the other side of the room and he gets up to change the tracks. Thanks for your help!

Is a Mac still the only way to avoid the whole tweeter risk thing? I was looking into a computer set up a year or two ago but decided to wait when I found out about the tweeters. I remember at that time XP was having that trouble and the only "safe option" was Mac but I didn't really want to get a mac. Any "safe" options out there now Windows 7? Linux? Voyage MPD? This computer would be hooked up to a Music Fidelity V-Link or Halide bridge to a legacy dac.

So if I built the low power configuration it would draw the files from the Dell on my home network instead of a dedicated NAS? Is this recommended?

I have an old Dell desktop (Optiplex?) laying around can I load this linux on that instead of building a configuration? Or would that defeat the purpose of the low power needs of this OS?

Hello all, My father's Teac/Esoteric P-10 transport is starting to die and he is deciding between getting it fixed for a few hundred dollars or setting up a computer system. He hardly knows how to "work" a computer (thus me posting this for him) so any setup would have to be something that doesn't need tinkering. I could set it up for him but it would have to require little work after the initial setup. He has been using the transport with his Timbre TT-1 single ended Dac which he doesn't want to replace. He's aware of a mod that would allow that dac to read 24 bit matterial so the solution would preferably be able to get Hi-Rez at some point. The rest of the system includes an Audio Reseach SP9 and a Krell 100 watter. He has a computer that's old. I believe it is a dell and has a single core processor about 3ghz and half gb of ram (could be upgrade to 2gb). The dac has a coax input that he prefers to toslink. The other issue is that his speakers are irreplacable so if there's a risk of a tweeter blowing up he doesn't want it. From what I've seen probably the best thing would be a Mac with some type of converter to a coax but maybe there is something that I'm unaware of. So any suggestions are welcome. His preference would to spend as little as he can right now to match the sound of the Esoteric but he doesn't want to lose quality. Is there something out there right now that he should get for a few hundred bucks or should he fix the transport to buy a few years to let the computer audio scene settle itself. Do you see the something like the Halide or the new Music Fidelity be something to go after now or is something better/cheaper on the horizon that he should wait for? Anyone heard the Esoteric that can give a reference point to help make the decision easier? Thanks for any help!

Really interested in this Linux stuff should be a cheap way to get into a good sounding set up. Does Linux audio have problems with blowing tweeters or is that just a windows problem? Will Linux audio sound good on any old outdated computer or does it have to be decent specs?

For what it's worth I have the basic Logitech surround sound speakers that look exactly the same as the 2.1 setup. And the bass is extremely loud. I have the sub volume turned all the way down and it's not even close to a flat frequency response. I only use it with the tv for movies anyway so in this setup it is fine. The point is- if you are used to that sound (assuming your's are the same) then these other speakers you are trying out will sound lacking in bass. You should look for something that is easy to adjust the tone because what sounds good on movies probably won't sound good on music and vice versa. You should check out CNET they do a lot of good reviews for all kinds of electronics. Here is their top 5 computer speakers which will probably be useful to you. http://reviews.cnet.com/best-pc-speakers/?tag=rb_content;contentNav

Is there a free software to rip the audio from a DVD-video disc? Hello all. Thanks to the very helpful recommendations I downloaded DVD audio extractor and successfully ripped the audio off of DVD-video discs and was able to burn a cd copy of a concert that I had on DVD. I just got another DVD concert and went to rip it but the DVD extractor free period was up and it said I had to pay $30. Is there another program that completes the same task but is free?

I didn't want to start a new thread because it's related. I found an Imac G3 DV 400 mhz version for practically nothing. If I'm using a dac that works with USB 1.1 which is what this mac has would there be any problems you could see with audio quality or being too slow with a computer this old? I could make it dedicated to audio so I won't slow it down with other stuff. So should I buy it or should I wait for something a little newer?

It's possible for me to get 192K if I use an input other than USB. I'd be using USB almost exclusively so for my purposes it would be 16/48, which is fine for me. Most of my music is redbook anyway. Hi-Rez music isn't a priority for me now.

I am aware that I can only play 16 bit music on it. It would be nice if I could play some Hi-Rez but not necessary. Most of my music is from CDs and for the price range I'm in I can't get everything.