indydieselnut

Eloise, I was reading threads on XLD and found it very interesting! Perhaps I went into this project with a slightly different attitude than most, but I assumed this wouldn't be the last time I ripped the collection. It might sound strange to say I planned to rip a 3000+ album collection more than once (a small collection compared to many here!), but my assumption was that the "ideal" ripping solution was most likely years away. I wanted to take advantage of the joys of having the entire collection at my fingertips but didn't expect that everything would be perfect. The process is very enjoyable for me. Getting to know forgotten albums, replacing broken jewel cases, etc...it's been an adventure! Thank you for your good advice...I'll check out XLD. Best Regards, John

Ruud, I appreciate the response and am glad that is the case! Best Regards, John

Greetings! This is my first post here and I hope I will be able to contribute to this community. My question is this - I'm about 1,400 discs into ripping my cd library into iTunes in ALAC format using my 20" iMac and a Drobo connected via firewire...I've always been hesitant to listen to music in my iTunes library while ripping cds into iTunes - is this a problem or can I do this without affecting the ripping of the cd? Just to be clear, I'm not trying to listen to the music that I'm currently ripping. I'm listening to other files in the library while iTunes imports a different album. Because of my hesitation I've typically listened to other cds via a traditional cd-player while I import albums. It would be much nicer to use that time to explore the albums already imported. I'd appreciate it if anyone that has a definitive answer to this can chime in. Thank you! Also - by way of introduction, I typically listen to headphones. I usually use the optical out from my iMac into either a DacMagic or my Cambridge 840C cd-player, run the outputs into either my SPL Auditor or Decware CSP2+ headphone amp, and then into either Denon AH-D7000, Senn HD650, Grado RS1i or 325is headphones. My speaker based rig is a pair of Harbeth Compact 7ES-3 fed by a Naim Nait XS integrated. I will look forward to learning more about computer audio from this crowd!