I have asked this question before. I have not taken any action on it but one line of thinking is that if you have a computer and good CD ripping software (dBpoweramp...free) you can rip them yourself onto an inexpensive hard drive, plug that HD into a Blue Sound Node 2i and save yourself about $500.
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If you go the route of the Node 2 and use whatever software you could potentially use with a cd ripper and hard drive make sure the file folders are set up for Bluessound to read, otherwise a lot of extra work is needed for each album file folder. (Cover.jpg is the default label for artwork. Look at the far bottom of the link.) https://support1.bluesound.com/hc/en-us/articles/200271926-Why-is-some-of-my-Album-Cover-Art-shown-a... mobile_site=trueuesound.com/hc/en-us/articles/200347887-What-Formats-are-Supported-by-Bluesound-?... In other words, these are the music formats Bluesound will recognize and this is how each album art (metadata) has to be labeled in each music file folder. |
Yeah if the OP tries the Vault 2, the ripping and labeling will be done by the Bluesound so no worries there at all. And BTW the Vault 2 does allow streaming just like the Node 2 does, of either your local network hard drive or such streaming services like Spotify, Tidal, Pandora and others. Try MQA on Tidal, I tend to explore those albums quite frequently. |
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