I'd totally agree with this. My whole collection is now sitting on a 320GB external hard drive up here in the loft office. I have another 320GB hard drive down in the lounge and use a free program called Karen's replicator to keep the two drives in sync so that when I add new music, make edits or update tags, I simply tell the replicator program to bring them up to date over a wireless network and job done.
Call me paranoid, or maybe it's my I.T. background, but I have a third hard drive that I keep offline and use to take a monthly backup. A couple of hundred pounds of hard drive that I've used for over 2 years now to have music throughout my home and at the same time have it totally secured against hard drive failure. Regards. Kevin E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Seed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 1:29 PM Subject: Re: Revox cassette recorder > The key word here is back up everything on another drive. or to go flash. > Do > you really think that radio stations, for an example have all of their > music, jingles, and commercial content only on one drive? I think not. > Believe me, if it's mechanical it will fail. The question is when? Mind > you, hard drive technology has improved over the years and is more > reliable, > but as stated earlier in this post it is mechanical, and given time it > will > crash. Audio tape isn't an exact science either, as it too will break down > over time. . Most of us do not have the technology to preserve the storage > of electronic media in our homes. > I am talking about the storage of materials on magnetic tape. Although > compact discs have proven to be very reliable so far, we have no idea how > long they will last, as they have only been around since the mid 80's. > Personally it is my feeling that flash memory will soon become the > standard. > There are memory sticks on the market that will hold up to 700 of those > old > floppies that most of us grew up with, and the price of these sticks is > quite reasonable too at around 15 dollars Canadian when on sale. . . . > . . . . . > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 2:23 AM > Subject: Re: Revox cassette recorder > > >> Hi Bob. Here's a question: If everyone gives up CD's and tapes for a >> harddrive, if you put all your stored music on it from many years of >> listening, what if the drive crashes, and then you lose everything you >> have, >> short of copying to another harddrive recording system? >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bob Seed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 1:24 PM >> Subject: Revox cassette recorder >> >> >>> The Revox cassette recorder that you are probably looking for is the >>> model >>> 710. >>> Nakimichi made two professional cassette recorders in the 70's. The >>> 1000, >>> and the cheaper 700. I personally have the 700 model. It is a solenoid >>> machine with three motors with Dolby, echo, and a oscillator for tape >>> alignment. The thinking here is that there are no two cassettes alike >>> despite how stringent manufacturing might be. By using the tone for >>> alignment you could be assured of a perfect recording all of the time. . >>> The >>> 700 even comes with a wired remote control. This company also made a >>> portable 600 model which was very good for field recording. >>> You may also want to look at Tascam. Tascam is the professional line of >>> Teac. If I had my druthers and wanted to stick with the audio tape >>> format I would much rather use R-dat. The problem here is that R-dat is >>> used >>> professionally, and unfortunately did not catch on with the public as >>> expected. It has been rumoured in the audio file community that CD's are >>> now >>> on the way out in favour of audio being put on flash cards and hard >>> drives. >>> It truly makes sense, as you can now get a 500 GB external hard drive >>> for >>> about 150 bucks. One could virtually have their entire record collection >>> on >>> one portable drive to take anywhere. Most commercial radio stations now >>> have >>> their entire music library on hard drives. >>> >>> " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 12:30 PM >>> Subject: audio cassette squeel problem >>> >>> >>>> The last thing that you want to do is to amerce your cassette in water. >>>> Make sure that anything that comes in contact with the audio tape is >>>> clean >>>> such as the tape transport, capstan, pinch roller, and record and >>>> playback >>>> heads. Once that is done, and the tape still squeeks then you may want >>>> to >>>> try the following. >>>> Tape Baking >>>> When magnetic recording tapes are being stored, moisture is slowly >>>> absorbed by the binder that holds the components of the tape together. >>>> Affected tapes will squeak when played back. The squeaking can be heard >>>> directly from the tape passing over the playback head and other fixed >>>> parts of the player, but is also transmitted electronically through the >>>> playback head. Often the tape will also sound dull and distorted. >>>> >>>> If you hear a tape that is squeaking, stop playing the tape >>>> immediately. >>>> Continuing to play a squeaking tape can cause permanent damage to the >>>> tape, and in some cases damage to the player. >>>> >>>> This problem can happen to any tape, but is more common in tapes >>>> manufactured after the mid 1970s in the USA. >>>> >>>> The solution to the problem of squeaking tapes is to bake the tapes at >>>> very low temperature in an oven. There are as many different opinions >>>> about optimum temperature and duration of baking as there are audio >>>> engineers. Certainly, do not attempt to bake your own tapes unless you >>>> can >>>> be certain that the temperature in your oven will not exceed 60 degrees >>>> Celsius >>>> >>>> CD ROM Services Pty Ltd offers a tape baking service, and although we >>>> have >>>> successfully baked well over a hundred tapes, and haven't damaged one, >>>> we >>>> will take all care in baking your tapes, but cannot take responsibility >>>> for accidental damage. If you give us your tapes to bake, it is on the >>>> basis that you agree with this >>>> >>>> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>>> http://www.pc-audio.org >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>>> Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.0/819 - Release Date: >>>> 26/05/2007 >>>> 10:47 AM >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>> http://www.pc-audio.org >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> >> >> >> >> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.1/822 - Release Date: 28/05/2007 >> 11:40 AM >> >> > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
