Re: [NTLK] Apple to unveil new digital device next week

From: SlashDevNull (SlashDevNull_at_mac.com)
Date: Thu Oct 18 2001 - 20:54:30 EDT


Hello,

  I can easily explain how I have over 300 CDs.

I've been buying them for almost 20 years. :)

David

>
> somewhere near the temporal coordinates of 10/18/01 3:57 AM, the entity
> known as SlashDevNull transmitted the following from SlashDevNull_at_mac.com:
>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I was a little off on the size. It is actually 32 Gigs of MP3s. I have
>> 1.82 gigs of Tori Amos MP3s alone! Older CDs (the ones that originally
>> released as albums @ 40mins total) are @ 60 megs each. Newer CDs are @ 100
>> or so megs each.
>>
>> With hard drive prices as low as they are, I really didn't see a reason
>> not to transfer all my CDs to my G4. My CDs are on the second floor with my
>> entertainment system and all my MP3s are on the first floor in my office.
>>
>> The convenience can't be beat. And as a previous poster said
>> 'Occasionally you hear a song you haven't heard in a long time.'. It's
>> kinda cool.
>>
>> And you can burn CDs to carry in your car. So you don't have to worry
>> about scratching them in the car or losing them. And instead of having 10
>> CDs in your car and each CD having 2 good songs, you can burn 2 CDs of all
>> good songs.
>>
>> I highly recommend having an MP3 server. I am listening to more music and
>> watching less TV (Of course that means I am working more, but there has to
>> be a trade off somewhere). :)
>>
>> David
>>>
>>> on 10/18/01 4:13 AM, Stainless Steel Rat at ratinox_at_peorth.gweep.net wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well... assuming an approximate 8:1 compression ratio at 128kbps, one full
>>>> CD (650MB) requires ~80MB to store. My CD collection is approximately 350
>>>> CDs. That would require 28,000MB or 28GB to store the whole thing.
>>>
>>> And at 320, like the original author said his were encoded at, would that
>>> double??
>>
>
> GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY!!!!! That's SEVERAL THOUSANDS of $$ spent on music!!!
> I can't imagine how anyone could listen to HUNDREDS of CDs. Guess I'm just
> not an audiophile, but I can't fathom spending that much on just music...
>
> - Eric. (owns 16, count em! 16 CDs)
>
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