Burning CD/DVD options for an Android user

DullGreyGuy

flaneurs_lobster said:

DullGreyGuy said:

Martyn_H said:

The only use I have for a PC is to burn CDs to play on my hi-fi.

Rather than paying for software, a CDR drive and blank media why not get a streaming device to connect to the hifi and avoid the need for physical media?

Suggestions please, my Chromecast Audio has been ideal but is getting stroppy.

Depends on your budget and if there are particular services you use (eg Tide or Spotify) and if your system has a DAC or not

If you want a proper streamer rather just a bluetooth receiver (ie for Spotify etc it will stream directly rather than via your tablet) then the WiiM range are good for their price https://www.wiimhome.com/wiimpro/overview. Shop around as different retailers seem to have different discounts on different models. 

Martyn_H

cerebus said:

Do you have a standalone CD drive that you can burn too? If not you're a little stuffed straightaway 

Why is your windows machine coming to end of life, they are generally quite easy to fix

Yes, I do have a standalone burner. I've had a tech friend look at the PC a couple of times. I suspect the hard drive is knackered.

Martyn_H

DullGreyGuy said:

Martyn_H said:

The only use I have for a PC is to burn CDs to play on my hi-fi.

Rather than paying for software, a CDR drive and blank media why not get a streaming device to connect to the hifi and avoid the need for physical media?

I don't like to rely on streaming sites - think Neil Young and Spotify.  I have a number of obscure CDs that aren't available to stream. Besides, why rent when I have a physical copy?

cerebus

Martyn_H said:

cerebus said:

Do you have a standalone CD drive that you can burn too? If not you're a little stuffed straightaway 

Why is your windows machine coming to end of life, they are generally quite easy to fix

Yes, I do have a standalone burner. I've had a tech friend look at the PC a couple of times. I suspect the hard drive is knackered.

Then that's a very easy fix £30 gets you a ssd drive , with a fresh install of windows , maybe a little more memory if you need it/can take it and voila a nice speedy machine 

Job done 

DullGreyGuy

Martyn_H said:

DullGreyGuy said:

Martyn_H said:

The only use I have for a PC is to burn CDs to play on my hi-fi.

Rather than paying for software, a CDR drive and blank media why not get a streaming device to connect to the hifi and avoid the need for physical media?

I don't like to rely on streaming sites - think Neil Young and Spotify.  I have a number of obscure CDs that aren't available to stream. Besides, why rent when I have a physical copy?

If you have the CDs then why are you needing to burn them? Always hard to advise when it's blood from a stone. But you appear to have some items in a digital only format and were asking about how to create physical media from them. 

You can stream directly from your devices too. 

Why rent? For one several services are higher fidelity than 44.1khz/16bit that CDs are and I appreciate better sound quality. Secondly there are lots of artists that I like one or two songs from and dont want to be buying 2 albums to get those two songs. Thirdly, when wanting to then play those individual songs it's annoying having to get up and change the CD/LP every song. Fourthly, having started "renting" Ive found many new artists I never knew about and probably wouldn't have found otherwise. 

Personally, I like having circa 200 LPs that I think are exceptional and listen the rest on streaming services. My CDs went many years ago as clearly inferior to LPs and offering no advantage over streaming. 

Martyn_H

I buy digital downloads from a company that specialises in classical music and hard copies aren't always available any more. I then burn a copy to play on my hifi rather than play the downloaded file from a old PC which might pack up at any moment. The disk also serves as a backup.

CouldntResist

I could think of several ways, none of which would be 'burn a CD'

-Fix the PC, new SSD is cheap as. Connect to HiFi via route of your choice

-Get a decent Bluetooth receiver, plug it into your HiFi, stream from phone

-Get an rPi with decent dac and plug it into your HiFi. Stream from phone via bluetooth or local storage 

flaneurs_lobster

Those digital downloads you've bought (and any others). 

Please say you've got copies/backups of them and they're not just on your wobbly hard drive.

Martyn_H

Absolutely. I do like to have a physical copy.

cerebus

Martyn_H said:

I buy digital downloads from a company that specialises in classical music and hard copies aren't always available any more. I then burn a copy to play on my hifi rather than play the downloaded file from a old PC which might pack up at any moment. The disk also serves as a backup.

Good idea that , never hurts to have a back up 


Always nice to see certain regular posters ignoring what the op wants to achieve and try to force their ideas onto them