This thread speaks to a valid concern here on the redundant supply of CDs
many of us (without servers) are building.  Until I can go out and buy a
bigger hard drive, I have to create a shn archive for many of the shows I've
collected.  Many times we use 2 discs for shn archiving and 2 discs for wav.
I'm not whining but I realize waste when I see it.  So, I have a couple
thoughts for discussion:
1- has anyone looked into virtual storage and its costs.  Since the average
etreer has anyhwere from 50 to 300 gigs of shn data, I wonder if there is
any way data storage could be affordable.  There are many concerns with
trusting a 3rd party with your data but cost is the first obstacle.
2- (I know this borders on utter blasphemy but here goes...) I've come
accross a number of shows for lesser known bands (eg. I'm not referring to
most dead, phish, or dmb seeds here) where the sound quality is just average
either due to inferior recording equipment, sub-optimal position in the
audience or it was pulled off an FM broadcast(!)).  I'm wondering whether it
makes sense to maintain and spread these types of shows in shn format.  Some
recordings might be better off in m*3 because their quality doesn't merit
the space a shn recording requires.  Is it possible to propose a minimum set
of sound recording standards for a show to merit shn trading?  I don't have
a specific  recommendation on this since I don't know enough about recording
but I'm curious whether others have experienced the same mix of quality out
there.

not looking for flame just shared experiences.

WOB Tax - b&p for any of the following but a thoughtful response is
required.
Grisman/Rice 95-04-30 (1 shn)
jgb 79-07-08 (1 shn)
p&f 01-12-31 (3 shn)
sci 01-04-20 (3 wav)
leftover 01-11-17 (3 wav)
dgray 00-9-28 (1 shn)
dgray 93-12-18 (1 shn)
umphrey's 01-7-19 (2 shn)
radiohead 00-9-16 (2 shn)
bmarsalis 90-12-31 (1 shn)
soulive 01/2/3, 00/11/14, 00/11/15 and 00/9/9 (1 shn each)
kdtu 01/8/24 (1 shn)
(If it says wav, I haven't burned the shn on CD yet)

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