maximum external HDD supported by DENON HD2500

[Excalibur]

cheers, looking to go digital mid february - once i have enough cash for produb etc.


answered many questions!


i'm intending to rip in WAV format about 40-50mb per track

I'm a psychic. I'd have a trial run first, see how they compare, sound wise and search wise. The Cortex plays WAV, but the only time I do this is when I play a CD through the external drive. I must play identical tracks in both formats, and see if I can tell a difference.



My maths seem to indicate that 16,000 tracks that size would be less than
1Tb.

[Grahame Case]

I'm a psychic. I'd have a trial run first, see how they compare, sound wise and search wise.

i may or may not be doing that at the moment...

[BeerFunk]

The difference in quality is not really that much really.

Negligible through a PA system, certainly. A hi-fi setup is a different matter, but even then....

[Grahame Case]

another thing is i just don't trust mp3 codecs as far as i can throw them

[Excalibur]

Negligible through a PA system, certainly. A hi-fi setup is a different matter, but even then....

But Grahame's got a Hi Fi.

[Grahame Case]

But Graham's got a Hi Fi.

oi, get out from behind that Sofa, i have a glorified HiFi PA hybrid

[Tom]

I always saw it as a glorified dvd surround sound system.


Wav is good but I think MP3 would be your best bet. I think MP3's would load quicker from a HD to the Denon than WAV??

[Grahame Case]

i suppose it wouldn't hurt to rip originally to WAV (store masters this way) and then convert to MP3 for usage on the road?

[Twinspin]

I would rip them at 320kbps MP3

[Mark Wild]

I would rip them at 320kbps MP3

Me too, WAV is overkill on space regardless of how much storage is nowadays.