# CD / SACD storage **URL:** \ **Category:** Accessories and Tweaks\ **Created:** [February 3, 2019, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/cd-sacd-storage/9094 "2019-02-03T12:35:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![joma0711](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/joma0711/32/277666_2.png) [@joma0711](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/joma0711)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/cd-sacd-storage/9094/41 "2023-09-15T13:30:59Z")
> [@aangen](#): > > [Al's Super Fun Music Collection](http://www.weirdenergy.com/cdlist/) Gosh that really is a labour of love 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aangen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/aangen/32/295709_2.png) [@aangen](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/aangen)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/cd-sacd-storage/9094/42 "2023-09-15T13:38:12Z")
Some of the entries are sad, not much art, not much info. But all the new stuff gets the full treatment. During the Winter months I update the sad stuff. I will never be caught up. (I am all caught up with the artist: “Goat Girl”) ---
**Author:** ![SDL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@SDL](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/SDL)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/cd-sacd-storage/9094/43 "2023-09-15T14:38:52Z")
I have a lot of respect for the commitment of so many of you to preservation of CDs and LPs. Ever since I started buying records in the 1960s, I’ve been seduced by the magic of extracting beautiful music from spinning discs, both large and small. As I’ve gotten older and technology has expanded my options, though, I’ve been able to focus on streaming the music without holding a physical disc in my hands. It’s been liberating! I haven’t sold or trashed any of my CDs or LPs, but I’m not buying new ones or ripping music from old ones any more. Using Qobuz and the Innuos Sense app, I’m listening to new music and creating playlists that bring me more joy than working to add physical discs to my collection. And I’ve been able to carve out more time for writing, rather than cataloging more CDs, now that I’m retired. Having celebrated my 73rd birthday yesterday, I’m realizing that I don’t have unlimited time to do the things I love to do and to love the people who matter most to me. Ripping CDs is not one of my favorite things, so I’m not planning to do much of that in the future. However, I can understand how other music lovers can enjoy the act of organizing and preserving the musical treasures that have added so much joy to their lives. Enjoy whatever makes you happy! ---
**Author:** ![dchang05](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/dchang05/32/294697_2.png) [@dchang05](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/dchang05)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/cd-sacd-storage/9094/44 "2023-09-15T15:00:55Z")
dBPoweramp makes ripping so much easier, and the SQ is as good as the original CDs. Therefore, I only keep the disc and printings in five Amazon 400 binders (my wife loves it), and seldom take CD from them. Darn, I need to get another one soon! Until I get an Ethos, I will play very few CDs in future. I only keep SACDs and rare CDs on the shelf and they fill up quick too. PST is mainly for playing SACDs and burned DVD files nowadays. ---
**Author:** ![aangen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/aangen/32/295709_2.png) [@aangen](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/aangen)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/cd-sacd-storage/9094/45 "2023-09-15T15:01:25Z")
Belated Happy Birthday!! ---
**Author:** ![dchang05](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/dchang05/32/294697_2.png) [@dchang05](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/dchang05)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/cd-sacd-storage/9094/46 "2023-09-15T15:02:32Z")
I missed your cake, where was it? Enjoy your 73rd! ---
**Author:** ![SDL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@SDL](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/SDL)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/cd-sacd-storage/9094/47 "2023-09-15T16:36:34Z")
Al & Donald, Thanks for the birthday wishes! ---
**Author:** ![aangen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/aangen/32/295709_2.png) [@aangen](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/aangen)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/cd-sacd-storage/9094/48 "2023-09-15T17:00:56Z")
I am 67 and I want at least 67 more birthdays. Now that I have this nice stereo. ---
**Author:** ![weedeewop](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/weedeewop/32/190064_2.png) [@weedeewop](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/weedeewop)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/cd-sacd-storage/9094/49 "2023-09-15T18:17:06Z")
Send me your want list, and if it falls within my dupes, I’d be happy to send some your way. ---
**Author:** ![weedeewop](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/weedeewop/32/190064_2.png) [@weedeewop](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/weedeewop)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/cd-sacd-storage/9094/50 "2023-09-15T18:19:25Z")
Sounds as though I need to investigate dBPowerAmp further. At this time I rip direct to one of two INNuos Zen/ZENiths I have. Whoa, one is full, the second will be shortly. Still like the idea of dBPowerAmp, anything but iTunes. ---
**Author:** ![aangen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/aangen/32/295709_2.png) [@aangen](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/aangen)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/cd-sacd-storage/9094/51 "2023-09-15T18:27:46Z")
I rip everything to my desktop system. After getting all the meta data up to my personal standards, which are absurdly high, I then copy the files to my NAS which currently has 8TB of the available 41.9TB (RAID 6) in use. Then I copy the files to a couple of external drives, one of which I take up to my lake home so if everything turns to goo in one location, the other is hopefully safe. The other I leave unplugged in a fireproof safe. I do not wish to do all this over. Then there is the story of a guy who threw away a hard drive with his initial Bitcoin investment on it. The hard drive is now worth BILLIONS and the county refuses his efforts to search for it. He has offered half to them, they aren’t interested. Fun ---
**Author:** ![joma0711](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/joma0711/32/277666_2.png) [@joma0711](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/joma0711)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/cd-sacd-storage/9094/52 "2023-09-15T20:22:01Z")
> [@aangen](#): > > County refuses his efforts to search for it. South Wales, he’s been at the council for some time now… > **['I've got £160m lost in the dump and I'll sue council unless I can dig it up'](https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/ive-160m-fortune-lost-dump-27679758)** > > James Howells' hard drive was thrown away back in 2013 and he's spent a decade battling to get it back ---
**Author:** ![joma0711](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/joma0711/32/277666_2.png) [@joma0711](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/joma0711)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/cd-sacd-storage/9094/53 "2023-09-15T20:23:58Z")
Meanwhile, for completeness, Ripping on Linux here with a utility called “abcde” - command line, it uses “cdparanoia” for the ripping, and is configurable to use one or more sources like MusicBrainz etc for info. Doesn’t get artwork, but easy enough to drop a cover art file or files from the internet in the folder afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![luca.pelliccioli](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/luca.pelliccioli/32/93681_2.png) [@luca.pelliccioli](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/luca.pelliccioli)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/cd-sacd-storage/9094/54 "2023-09-15T22:05:14Z")
> [@SDL](#): > > Having celebrated my 73rd birthday yesterday Happy birthday, enjoy your time, listening to music and doing whatever makes you happy! During playback, having closed my eyes, there is no time, space, age, past or future, consciousness… just dreams floating around an infinite pleasant instant of fugace lightness. Hic et nunc (yes @vkennedy61 , this is for you again). ---
**Author:** ![vkennedy61](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.psaudio.com/vkennedy61/32/41241_2.png) [@vkennedy61](https://forum.psaudio.com/u/vkennedy61)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 5:54am UTC](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/cd-sacd-storage/9094/55 "2023-09-16T05:54:14Z")
> [@luca.pelliccioli](#): > > Hic et nunc Sic semper erat, et sic semper erit. One of my favorites. [Previous page](https://forum.psaudio.com/t/cd-sacd-storage/9094.md?page=2)