Ronnie,
I am currently "contemplating" ripping my (600+) CD collection in a lossless format (probably WAV for compatibility despite being on a Mac). I have no urgent need to run things through a NAS, but as you so rightly point out it is the time spent doing the ripping that is the most daunting part of the process. For now I am just getting used to the joy of having an M spinner & DSP setup. Plugging in additional kit can come later. The point to me is that I figure this mammoth task will be less painful if done in occasional stints with no time pressure.

And for this reason, I totally agree with your argument of keeping full quality at the ripping stage. A 500Gb hard drive was practically unthinkable when I started collecting cds - the data on one CD was more than the harddrive of any off-the-shelf PC. By the time I actually want to run my collection into my M kit via a server, they'll no doubt be 500Gb flash drives costing the price of a few cds at most.

John

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