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Connecting a remote server to a high end system

I run a network 24/7. I would like to store my music on my server. Is there a device I could buy to receive the music over a wireless connection. I have a separate Mark Levinson DAC if that would help. I am an old network guy so the network part is solid. I guess I can run cat6 if the wireless won't work. My wife would also like a remote station in the kitchen. What replaced the old Logitek squeeze box?
coxhaus
coxhaus OP
231 posts
 
I guess we will order one of the Squeeze BOOM boxes and start with the Kitchen first. The will make my wife happy and give us a chance to build the database of music. Should I use iTunes and Applelossless? I have a Hyper V virtual server running 2 Server 2003s. One is 32 bit and the other is 64 bit. Does it matter? The physical server has a LSI RAID5 card with 6 1TB drives on a hot swap backplane. I do not think space will be an issue. I have room for 2 more drives if I need them. I have an extra drive I keep on the shelf for a spare.
richard_stacy
686 posts
 
wow, you do have plenty of space! itunes is fine as squeezecenter will interface with it. any of the lossless formats would be appropriate as well. got to keep the wife happy! you will really enjoy it, it has totally changed my music experience and it also has my wife interested. the internet services as well as radio are worth it in itself. have a great time...
peter_s
1,348 posts
 
In my experience so far, Apple Lossless has problems. If you burn in itunes, there is some minor loss in quality. I wouldn't have believed this, and have burned thousands of CD's in lossless - but listening tests do not lie. I've heard that the new version of Itunes corrects this "problem", and nothing was ever said about it. But after this experience, I'd be tempted to burn to FLAC instead, or just keep it WAV using exact audio copy. It's a pain in the A** to track down this issue and get agreement on it.

PS - I am using the logitech boombox, and it's very fun and easy to operate it. Your wife will like it. I wouldn't be surprised if a better sounding option would be a squeezebox or duet hooked up to a pair of Audioengine self powered speakers, if you have the space.
coxhaus OP
231 posts
 
That is good to know about Apple Lossless. Do old files need to be deleted and reburned? If I burn to FLAC will the logitech boombox read the files? What software do you use for FLAC? What about storing an image of the CD like an ISO? Not space friendly but drives are so big and cheap. The ISO would contain the bit image of the CD which you could burn anytime.
peter_s
1,348 posts
 
Depends if you are using MAC or PC. If I had alot of time, I would reburn all of my music to FLAC using Exact Audio Copy. You want something that will store tags, and WAV format isn't too good for that. If I were using MAC, I might just reburn to uncompressed AIFF. It's not a horrible reduction in sound quality, but it is noticeable on a good system. For PC, I've heard that MediaMonkey is good for music managment.
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