RE: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio

2015-03-23 Thread Rick Alfaro
on the MyCloud. Best regards, Rick Alfaro -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Richard Bartholomew Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 6:45 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Very interesting to read

RE: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio

2015-03-23 Thread John Gurd
-Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Richard Bartholomew Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 6:45 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Very interesting to read this review and the comments about its

Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio

2015-03-23 Thread Dane Trethowan
Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Richard Bartholomew Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 6:45 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Very interesting to read this review and the comments about its performance. One

RE: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio

2015-03-23 Thread Rick Alfaro
...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 12:19 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Exactly, a lot of the earlier devices were under powered when it came to processing. There are other factors of course, the Rooter itself

Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio

2015-03-23 Thread Richard Bartholomew
Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Richard Bartholomew Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2015 6:45 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Very interesting to read this review and the comments about its performance

Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio

2015-03-23 Thread Dane Trethowan
Discussion List Subject: Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Exactly, a lot of the earlier devices were under powered when it came to processing. There are other factors of course, the Rooter itself for example. I don't want to appear to be boasting but it would seem that - according to all

Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio

2015-03-23 Thread Dane Trethowan
Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 23 March 2015 16:19 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Exactly, a lot of the earlier devices were under powered when it came to processing. There are other

Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio

2015-03-23 Thread Dane Trethowan
Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 12:19 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Exactly, a lot of the earlier devices were under powered when it came to processing. There are other factors of course, the Rooter itself for example. I don't

Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio

2015-03-23 Thread Jamie Kelly
12:19 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Exactly, a lot of the earlier devices were under powered when it came to processing. There are other factors of course, the Rooter itself for example. I don't want to appear to be boasting but it would seem

Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio

2015-03-23 Thread Jamie Kelly
ratings. It performs like a champ. Best regards, Rick Alfaro -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 12:19 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio

Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio

2015-03-23 Thread Dane Trethowan
Subject: Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Exactly, a lot of the earlier devices were under powered when it came to processing. There are other factors of course, the Rooter itself for example. I don't want to appear to be boasting but it would seem that - according to all the Rooter reviews I've

RE: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio

2015-03-22 Thread Richard Bartholomew
22:52 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio I can’t comment on the other drive you mentioned, I was comparing the WD My Cloud to the system I was using before it came along which was a standard USB drive connected to my Asus RTN56U Rooter. The My Cloud has direct

Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio

2015-03-22 Thread Dane Trethowan
- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Richard Bartholomew Sent: 22 March 2015 10:20 To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Thanks for the clarification. Yes, I'd spotted that you compared it to your previous USB set-up

RE: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio

2015-03-22 Thread John Gurd
Trethowan Sent: 21 March 2015 22:52 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio I can�t comment on the other drive you mentioned, I was comparing the WD My Cloud to the system I was using before it came along which was a standard USB drive connected to my Asus RTN56U Rooter

RE: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio

2015-03-21 Thread Richard Bartholomew
Very interesting to read this review and the comments about its performance. One question of anyone who has used a NAS drive in the past...generally, does the WD My Cloud offer improved performance over, say, a Netgear NAS drive? I appreciate there are many factors which would affect such a

Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio

2015-03-21 Thread Dane Trethowan
I can’t comment on the other drive you mentioned, I was comparing the WD My Cloud to the system I was using before it came along which was a standard USB drive connected to my Asus RTN56U Rooter. The My Cloud has direct Ithernet connectivity with the Rooter over a 1GBPS connection so speeds

RE: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio

2015-03-20 Thread John Gurd
Hi Dane It's great to see you back again enlivening the list with interesting contributions. I have a ReadyNAS NAS but they changed the browser interface a while back and it is largely inaccessible and so very difficult to configure. How easy is the MyCloud to configure and are the apps

Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio

2015-03-20 Thread Dane Trethowan
A very accessible interface via your browser. On 20/03/2015 7:56 PM, John Gurd wrote: Hi Dane It's great to see you back again enlivening the list with interesting contributions. I have a ReadyNAS NAS but they changed the browser interface a while back and it is largely inaccessible and so

RE: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio

2015-03-20 Thread Rick Alfaro
Totally agree here. I recently purchased the 4tb model to replace my old DLink nas that bit the dust and the difference in speed is impressive. The interface is great as long as you use the html interface. I paid $$180 for it from Amazon and it's been well worth it. Best regards, Rick

RE: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio

2015-03-20 Thread Rick Alfaro
: Friday, March 20, 2015 4:56 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Hi Dane It's great to see you back again enlivening the list with interesting contributions. I have a ReadyNAS NAS but they changed the browser interface a while back and it is largely

Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio

2015-03-20 Thread Dane Trethowan
I've been looking around at other models of hard drive, the bottom has fallen out of the market it seems, in Australia yo ucan buy a 6TB USB 3.0 drive for $200 so - at prices like these - go your hardest! store your music in high quality FLAC audio etc and - over time - retire them older hard

Re: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio

2015-03-20 Thread Dane Trethowan
of accessibility. Best regards, Rick Alfaro -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of John Gurd Sent: Friday, March 20, 2015 4:56 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: WD My Cloud For Storing Audio Hi Dane It's great to see you back