albinoazian
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Music storage/sharing/listening/etc. setup?
I am trying to figure out the best solution for my burgeoning flac music collection. Currently I have a MBP, PowerBook, and PowerMac G4 700. The PowerMac has a PATA card and two 200GB HDD and I have a Lacie FW 500GB. Plus, I have a new Apple Airport Extreme base station.
One issue is maintaining both a flac (lossless) collection for home listening and aac for the ipods. Mainly though I am trying to figure out the best music server setup. Since I have the MBP I am thinking of the selling the Powerbook G4 1.5 and getting a mini if they ever get updated. Also, the I have a small 1br/studio apartment and the PowerMac is pretty loud and I have the occasional use for Windows, so I was thinking the Mini and a couple 1TB FireWire drives. One for storage, one to back up.
I'd also like to start having the option for music in the living room and accessed from multiple computers. I also need to improve my listening setup. I have some passable Sennhaiser headphones, but my speaker setup is some old $50 speaker system from Fry's many years ago.
So, how do people store/share/listen/etc.? What is a good setup? I am no super audiophile, but I am more than a casual listener.
I am trying to figure out the best solution for my burgeoning flac music collection. Currently I have a MBP, PowerBook, and PowerMac G4 700. The PowerMac has a PATA card and two 200GB HDD and I have a Lacie FW 500GB. Plus, I have a new Apple Airport Extreme base station.
One issue is maintaining both a flac (lossless) collection for home listening and aac for the ipods. Mainly though I am trying to figure out the best music server setup. Since I have the MBP I am thinking of the selling the Powerbook G4 1.5 and getting a mini if they ever get updated. Also, the I have a small 1br/studio apartment and the PowerMac is pretty loud and I have the occasional use for Windows, so I was thinking the Mini and a couple 1TB FireWire drives. One for storage, one to back up.
I'd also like to start having the option for music in the living room and accessed from multiple computers. I also need to improve my listening setup. I have some passable Sennhaiser headphones, but my speaker setup is some old $50 speaker system from Fry's many years ago.
So, how do people store/share/listen/etc.? What is a good setup? I am no super audiophile, but I am more than a casual listener.