Help !


I am elderly and live in a small condo .The 1500 CD's I have are pushing me out of house and home.It's to the point where either they go or I do , I prefer me .
I need to know the easiest and least expensive way I could just burn them and toss them.If there is one . Sounds need only be decent , I far prefer LP's anyway .Thanks !
schubert
Rather than give the CD's to The Salvation Army or Goodwill, offer them to Audiogoner's willing to pay to ship them. I'll bet there are plenty of guys who would love to acquire the fruits of your musical wisdom, schubert!
Schubert, after burning copies please send me a general list of what you have to dispose of and what you'd like to get for them. It'd be a shame to dispose of those treasures or give them away with no recompense. I buy CD's still, and am fortunate enough to have space to keep them. I'd love to have more Classical music to add to my mostly rock and roll and jazz collection even though I'm pushing seventy myself.  

Mike
Fill me up a box of your best Jazz stuff and I'll send you a check for the shipping...:-D
@uberwaltz @shkong78 - Thanks for the info. I'm still thinking about buying a Vault 2i.
big_greg 7-23-2019
From what I’ve read, it is possible to backup to an external hard drive, however it appears the music is stored in a proprietary format:

"The ext4 storage format is the same format that the Vault uses to store your data. It will not appear on most conventional Mac and Windows PC’s."

You can also use the Vault as a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device and have your files show up on your computer - https://support1.bluesound.com/hc/en-us/articles/200387457-Backing-Up-Your-Vault

A minor point but one that may be of interest to Vault users:

Ext4 is not a proprietary format, but rather is a file system used by Linux operating system software (as opposed, for example, to the NTFS file system that is used by Windows, or the FAT32 file system that can be used by various operating systems). Presumably Ext4 is used because the Bluesound products run Linux internally.

The reason I mention this is to point out that third party programs are available which can provide Windows PCs and Macs with the ability to read and write Ext4 files. Paragon Software is a leading maker of such programs:

https://www.paragon-software.com/home/linuxfs-windows/

https://www.paragon-software.com/home/extfs-mac/

Regards,
-- Al