musicfreaks!! audiosolution for mp3s!? multimedia harddisks?!
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hey all the musicfreaks out there!! (are there some here? 
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i've been looking for a solution for my mp3s for a long time now. but i'm not sure what to buy.
i don't want to burn them all to cd so i thought about buying a multimedia-hard disk to connect to my stereo.
but it's hard to find any, and even harder to find some opinions and reviews about them...
I've found these ones:
http://www.storex.eu/storex/pages/produits/detail_produit.asp?num_produit=175&nom_produit=mpix%20457&afficher=description
and
http://memup.co.uk/MEDIADISK-MX-SERIES-Step-in-High-Definition_a46.html?PHPSESSID=da38ac8b1d5b2453898da87f4a90c90f
has anyone of you any experience with these, or another solution.
i've also looked at sonos and logitech systems, they're cool but they are also whole another dimension when it comes to paying..
(my student budget!!)
what i need is a
750/1000gb
with display
a decent sound
and a silend drive
any opinions or suggestions?
thank you verrrrrryyyyyy much!!!
tobi
)i've been looking for a solution for my mp3s for a long time now. but i'm not sure what to buy.
i don't want to burn them all to cd so i thought about buying a multimedia-hard disk to connect to my stereo.
but it's hard to find any, and even harder to find some opinions and reviews about them...
I've found these ones:
http://www.storex.eu/storex/pages/produits/detail_produit.asp?num_produit=175&nom_produit=mpix%20457&afficher=description
and
http://memup.co.uk/MEDIADISK-MX-SERIES-Step-in-High-Definition_a46.html?PHPSESSID=da38ac8b1d5b2453898da87f4a90c90f
has anyone of you any experience with these, or another solution.
i've also looked at sonos and logitech systems, they're cool but they are also whole another dimension when it comes to paying..
(my student budget!!)what i need is a
750/1000gb
with display
a decent sound
and a silend drive
any opinions or suggestions?
thank you verrrrrryyyyyy much!!!
tobi
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you're right. it's just that i don't want to run a computer while playing music. what i also thought about was to buy a normal external drive that plays the logitech software (which not every drive does) and connect it to the squeezebox. but external drives that do the job cost as much as the squezzebox itself does. (example ReadyNAS Duo) do you know about some cheaper ones?
the other option would be to buy a new internal drive for my old pc, a new soundcard, a new fan, and so on to make it really silent. don't know how much this would cost...
I'm not a big believer in trying to make a noisy PC quiet. You don't just need to replace the CPU fan, but also the power supply (often the noisiest part of the machine) and any other fans. Before you know it you've spent more money than you would have done buying a cheap and quiet PC. Better to start with a PC that was designed to be quiet in the first palce
hm, sounds reasonable
don't know anything about soundcards. I've seen there are some for 30$ others for 80$ - i'd probably hear the difference, right?
and you say your dell is very quiet! how comes that?!!
sounds cool...
The Dell is quiet because it's designed for an office not a home. So it's not expected to use a lot of power (which generates heat) but has to be quiet since many of them need to sit in an office, so excessive noise is a no-no. It's not suitable for anything that requires serious power (the fan will speed up, make lots of noise, and eventually overheat). But for simple low CPU intensive tasks it's practically silent. Other PCs designed for office user should also be just as good, a HP for example.
SATA is a better option if you want a large hard drive. Since such the heat handling isn't great on these kind of PCs I would recommend a cool harddrive, Samsung for example.
How good a soundcard you need really depends on how good the rest of your stereo is. Personally I would go for a USB option. The M-Audio Transit is a decent option and can be purchased cheaply on e-bay
i would have to connect it over the analog cable. do you, by the way, know if the lengh of the cable matters, talking about sound quality and background noise (don't know how it's called in english: brawl murmur swoosh whirring signal noise?)
another option would be to connect a squeezebox classic to such a small-form factor pc, right? there the usb would matter right?
thanx for your help!!
If you want to have you music in other rooms too add an Apple Airport Express and more options.
i've just taken a look at it. seems to be a cool thing. it's just that it's much too small for me. the biggest one has 160GB if I got it right, while i'd need 5 times as much...
but thank you!
thank you for your help!!
http://www.stagebeat.co.uk/P/108668/iKEY+AUDIO+INTERFACE+iCONNEX+USB+Sound+Card
That, for instance! I'd consider maybe looking to buy a Small Form Factor (SFF) PC, perhaps a mini ITX one. Research low power processors such as the Via Epia (or similar). Many of these don't even need a fan to run. They're around 1Ghz, so don't have the grunt to do much - but they'll play pretty much any audio format under the sun!
the only problem is that i have some distortion on some music... (haven't still understood on what kind of sound the most)
is it because of the internal sound card of the dell?
i'm thinking about buying an external sound card to resolve that problem.
maybe one with a remote control like http://www.amazon.de/Creative-SoundBlaster-Surround-Soundkarte-extern/dp/B0019JDDC8/ref=dp_return_2?ie=UTF8&n=11052861&s=pc
any suggestions??
thank you very much!
well well, if i were a rich man i'd maybe do so!!
i'd still prefer to get just a soundcard, which would cost me a lot less...
(but u'd think the mini mac would produce a good sound?)
It might also be caused by overdriving the output from a headphone socket into the input for your speakers. Solution, turn the volume down on the PC and slightly higher on the speakers, if necessary.
A PC with an on-board soundcard and large hard drive(s) is by far the best bet. A bit like a Mars bar. A PC helps you work, rest AND play! Unlike a Mars bar, though, it can do all three simultaneously.
Buying an external soundcard solution isn't necessary.
i've tried to turn the volume down on the PC and have them slightly higher on the stereo as you said. but that didn't change anything. so it might be something else.
i'm not sure about the mp3/analog source-argument. i have mp3s of all qualities and bitrates, from different sources and still haven't found out why they work differently.
you think a better internel soundcard would do? is it easy to change the soundcard in such a computer? and to find the right card? and: are you a chocolate representative?
the volume on the pc or on the stereo doesn't make any difference...
any ideas?
thanks!!
got some problems with the Dell GX260 you've got too (if i've understood you right). distortions on many mp3s but not on all. am trying the troubleshooting now but i guess it won't help much. any ideas?
...
hm
italy has flown out of the world cup and my music sounds like shit. bad day, bad day...
heeeelp!!
hope that'll fix it...