MelonMonkey;570265 Wrote: > CDs are currently stored in three large cardboard boxes in the basement. > Not having access to a physical object representing an album is a bit > of a nostalgic loss. There's something so visceral about browsing > through a shelf of disks, like old books. > > If I was super adventurous, I'd put together a very handsome shelving > unit to hold them all in a room upstairs - with a unique RFID inserted > into each jewel case. Then a small RFID reader disguised in a piece of > furniture near the stereo (possibly a couple of others embedded in the > walls) all wired to the server. Pick up a jewel case and swipe it in > front of the reader to start it playing on the Squeezebox in that zone.
OK, I can understand the nostalgic or sensory loss as I still enjoy the ritual of preparing to play Vinyl. Having said that, the whole idea of the Squeezebox (or any digital media player) is to play digital files relieving us of the need to search or dig through CDs. I have discovered more old favorites since using Squeezebox, then in the last 15 years of playing CDs in a CDP. Also with a Controller, Touch, or iPeng, one can look at album covers. I enjoy iPeng in Portrait mode. Besides with the number of CDs I have, it was taking longer to find a CD just to play it then I spent listening to music. Plus the time to take it out, put it in the play, take it out, and put it back in place. Sure the RFID only requires me to 'find' it, but I could have already been listening using iPeng. The money spent on RFID tags and scanners could go toward purchasing more music. Its a novel idea, but if one is going to use a server anyway seems like a lot to go through just to play a CD. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Wood Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1, Vandersteen V2W Subwoofer Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: Squeezebox BOOM Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB drive ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80369 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
