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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