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Music Server for 50k song collection- capable of standalone operation
This thread has 21 replies. Displaying posts 16 through 22.
Post 16 made on Monday July 11, 2016 at 17:35
FrogAV
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What about shifting the thinking from the local library to a cloud service. Particularly in this case, because you mentioned that it's "backed up in iTunes", I'd look at Apple Music implemented through Sonos.

The way I read it, it would touch all the bases that you need and be less of an administrative challenge. In other words, he would just need to manage the library in iTunes, and let Apple Music do the rest. Don't have to worry about Netsync, or really even the NAS at all if you don't want.

While much less, I do have about 7k songs in my library, and I use Apple Music and Sonos and it's been a breeze. Everything just magically stays in sync, at least that I can tell so far (about 2 months in). Phones, iPads, cloud, and iTunes on PC.
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Post 17 made on Monday July 11, 2016 at 19:05
dcci
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On July 11, 2016 at 14:07, Ernie Gilman said...
dcci, I would have said

I don't think
is helpful enough as we don't know about it yet.

And to think that I've built my entire future upon hoping to trick people into using Roon.
Post 18 made on Monday July 11, 2016 at 22:19
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On July 11, 2016 at 17:02, Don Heany said...
Is using a mac mini purely for the hipster 2-channel guys?.. The most attractive thing is using the express to ship audio to the other zone (...wirelessly).

No, in my opinion it's mostly for the hard core Mac types. For some, Mac is the only game in town. For me, it's a regrettably bad day when I must deal with the stuff. Yes, I have an attitude problem, but I'm not too stubborn to use an appropriate tool because I'm currently typing on an iPad that I bought to test remote configurations. It's convent to use it at the dinner table.
OP | Post 19 made on Tuesday July 12, 2016 at 07:07
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On July 11, 2016 at 19:05, dcci said...
And to think that I've built my entire future upon hoping to trick people into using Roon.

The point made is you're not exactly selling it. You know my pain- so how would Roon fix it? A second look at the site gives me the same takeaway as the first.
OP | Post 20 made on Tuesday July 12, 2016 at 07:09
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On July 11, 2016 at 17:35, FrogAV said...
What about shifting the thinking from the local library to a cloud service. Particularly in this case, because you mentioned that it's "backed up in iTunes", I'd look at Apple Music implemented through Sonos.

The way I read it, it would touch all the bases that you need and be less of an administrative challenge. In other words, he would just need to manage the library in iTunes, and let Apple Music do the rest. Don't have to worry about Netsync, or really even the NAS at all if you don't want.

While much less, I do have about 7k songs in my library, and I use Apple Music and Sonos and it's been a breeze. Everything just magically stays in sync, at least that I can tell so far (about 2 months in). Phones, iPads, cloud, and iTunes on PC.

Thanks for this, I like it!
Post 21 made on Tuesday July 12, 2016 at 10:38
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On July 12, 2016 at 07:07, Don Heany said...
The point made is you're not exactly selling it. You know my pain- so how would Roon fix it? A second look at the site gives me the same takeaway as the first.

Roon is specifically designed for managing very large music libraries, although I've never used it with one that large. It is controlled via iOS or Android apps.

But it's not going to help you in terms of the syncing to a central location.
OP | Post 22 made on Tuesday July 12, 2016 at 17:58
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On July 12, 2016 at 10:38, dcci said...
Roon is specifically designed for managing very large music libraries, although I've never used it with one that large. It is controlled via iOS or Android apps.

But it's not going to help you in terms of the syncing to a central location.

Thanks for circling back- appreciate it!
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