highdudgeon Wrote: > Hi -- I just purchased a new Maxtor 300gb (279 usable) HD for use with > my SB3. Question: how many CDs, of average length, say, will fit on > the thing? Here's another data point, for what it's worth...
My library of about 400 CDs averages 0.285 GB per CD. It' encoded using FLAC with the default compression level. The makeup of the CDs in the library has some bearing on how much compression you'll see with FLAC - simpler music (like a jazz piano trio or acoustic guitar recording) tends to compress better. Also, a lot of older jazz reissues and classic rock albums tend to be fairly short, with many under 40 minutes. Other libraries will no doubt see a number larger than 0.285 GB per CD. You've seen that the manufacturer's stated drive capacity differs from the real capacity in (binary) gigabytes. The difference is that manufacturers use 10^9 instead of 2^30, so multiply the stated capacity by 10^9/2^30 (about 0.931) to get the real capacity. CDs on drive = manufacturers_drive_capacity x 10^9/2^30 / gb_per_cd For a 300GB drive, approximately: 300 x 0.931 / 0.285 = 980 -- JJZolx Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18552 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
