Inman29

Basic question-can not find the answer. I am ripping CD's with dbpoweramp and using J. River Media Center for playback. When I rip an album with several artists, e.g. a soundtrack album, each song has separate album art in J. River. I am trying to group them into one album. I thought checking "compilation" in dbpoweramp would be the solution but no go. Still a beginner, thanks for your help. Bill

Thanks Bob, I downloaded the program and got a printout but will need to tweak it -got all of the tracks. Appreciate your help. Bill

Is there a way to print the album list/artist (not tracks) of all albums in either dbpoweramp or J. River 15.0.35? I have searched but can not find anything. Thanks, Bill

I looked long and hard at the Thecus N7700. Looks like a great NAS. I was torn but ultimately went with the QNAP after a long discussion with John at eAegis. He was most helpful. I read about some of the Seagates having problems. I hope your rig is good to go now. Crossing my fingers that I don't have two go at once.

Thanks for the clarification. I'll stick with Raid 5 and begin ripping.

Just purchased a QNAP TS-659 Pro Turbo NAS with 12TB (6X2TB) Hitachi drives loaded. I had the vendor set it up in Raid 5. Before I start ripping to the NAS, I wonder if Raid 6 is a better way to go. I read where you can lose two disks with Raid 6 and still rebuild as opposed to 1 disk with Raid 5, however, concerned that the increased complexity of Raid 6 might affect the ripped music in some way. Also, would the net space be the same with Raid 6? I have 8.94TB available with the Raid 5 setup. Sorry for the basic questions, still learning. Thanks.

Thanks Eloise for you assistance. It helps. I am a beginner. I wanted to make sure that not having a good soundcard as I start ripping would in some way affect the quality of the ripped music. I knew that ultimately the card would feed in to the DAC but wasn't sure if it was needed during the ripping process. Your answer solved that one for me. Re: the Thecus. I would use it for music storage and want to use the ripping strategy suggested by Chris in making a dual rip with WAV and Flac in a Raid 5 arrangement. I am looking for the "best" NAS solution within reason and if the N5500 is not the best solution then I am open to recommendations. You asked that I list my system: BAT REX preamp, Audiopax Mono 88's, Mark II, Ayre C5xeMP player, Tron Seven phono pre with Telefunkens, TW Acustic Raven Two TT with Ortofon 309S arm and Audio Tekne carbon headshell with Ortofon Rondo Bronze cart and Graham Phantom II arm with Air Tight PC-1 cart, AudioDesk Vinyl Cleaning machine on order, Audience Adept Response RP12 Conditioner, WSS Cables and Cardas Golden Ref cables, Elrod PC's, (2) Grand Prix Monaco stands , Avantgarde Duo Omega speakers on Grand Prix Apex feet and (3) Avantgarde Solo speakers. Re: budget for the computer audio, I would like it to match the level of my system. I guess I would lean toward something like the Berkeley Alpha or at that level. I figure that if I start ripping CD's now that there might be an Alpha Version 5 by the time I finish. Thanks again.

This is my first post. I have been reading for some time and appreciate all of the good information on this site. I acknowledge upfront that I have a lot to learn about the technical and even basic parts of computer audio equipment and especially the programming/setup. I may ask some pretty basic/stupid questions along the way. I apologize in advance if my three initial questions below have been addressed already- I first tried to do a search. I have a nice digital and analog system and I want to start building the computer audio part of my system. Unless otherwise advised, I plan on starting with the sound card, cable from soundcard and NAS to start creating a music library. I have a Windows 7, 64 bit computer and I want to use it and not buy or build another computer with Windows 7, 32 bit or XP unless absolutely necessary. Any advice for these three questions is appreciated: 1. Will the Lynx card work with 64 bit Windows 7? 2. If the Lynx card will work, do I go from the card directly into the NAS when I start ripping CD's? (I told you there may be some stupid questions) and 3.It seems that the Thecus 5200 is being phased out and may not be compatible with 64 bit. They recommended the N5500. Please see their response to me below. Does the N5500 sound OK and will I have problems based upon their info about re: the Setup Wizard? " We suggest N5500 instead of N5200Pro, as it is coming to it's end of life. 2. Windows 7 64bit can map network drive to N5500 NAS with no problem, the issue is going to be the Setup Wizard software that is not 64 bit compatible. 3. Setup Wizard is only to configure N5500 with an IP address, otherwise it does not do anything else for N5500. 4. Typically there are 2 methods to setup Thecus NAS including N5500. Keep in mind that the default IP address of N5500 WAN port is 192.168.1.100. a ) Use Thecus Setup Wizard "Scan" for N5500, and change it's IP address to one that is more appropriate for your network. Then use Web Browser to login to NAS Web Admin Console to start RAID Config. In the event, Setup Wizard is not compatible or does not find Thecus NAS due to firewall blocking, or just does not find Thecus NAS, then... b) Change IP address of your Computer temporarily to 192.168.1.50, then use Web Browser to login to NAS Web Admin Console at http:\192.168.1.100, once you are able to login to Web Admin console, then change WAN Port IP to one that is more appropriate for your network, then continue to use Web Admin Console to start RAID Config" Thanks again.