"Best" external hard drive for storing WAV files? - Club CDFreaks

mshmd · 10-07-2003

Any particular brands of external hard drives that others recommend for storing WAV files?

Does overall capacity or speed make any difference?

RaWShadow · 10-07-2003

wave files are big so you could check out these drives http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?id=10081
400gb & 500gb firewire 800 & USB 2. If there too expensive you could get a internal ide hard drive and stick it in one of them external cases.

*ckin2001* · 10-07-2003

i'd recommend a lossless compression format, rather than raw wav

. but otherwise, capacity will probably matter more than speed, judging by what you are using it for.

joelmon · 13-07-2003

Seems to me...since cdr's lose their data in a few years, and harddrives can die in a few years...

We need to take our cd's (especially ROIO sources) and make good old fashioned vinyl albums out of them...

Those last forever...if you take care of 'em....

Anyone got a vinyl press?

DryBaboon · 05-09-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by joelmon
...since cdr's lose their data in a few years...

Erm, what is your experience of this? We may not have had a decade of CDRs in our lives, but surely they are not as volatile as you suggest...?

joelmon · 07-09-2003

Personally the only bad experience I've had with losing data has been some no-name brand I borrowed off a friend...

All the cd's I've burnt with TDK, Fuji, Memorex etc. are all still working...I mentioned the data loss thing cause of other postings about it...I'm only experienced in 3 years of burning...

I use Mitsui...that are supposed to last 100 years!...I hope they last at least 10....

I was really jesting about the vinyl storage...but then again....

Ruffrob · 11-09-2003

Quote:

i'd recommend a lossless compression format, rather than raw wav . but otherwise, capacity will probably matter more than speed, judging by what you are using it for.

I agree with CKIN2001,there is about a ten to one ratio,when comparing wav files
to MP3,so why not get an MP3 converter,
convert ALL your bulky .wav files to MP3,at around 256-320kbps,and see 1) how much hard drive space you save,and
2)how many MP3's you can get on that hard drive......Good Luck

**AZImmortal** · 12-09-2003

actually, mp3 is a lossy format (and not one of the best either), not a lossless format. lossless formats include FLAC, Monkey's Audio, Shorten, etc.

Ruffrob · 12-09-2003

AZ,you're 100% right,but those formats don't have the ubiquitous acceptance in burning programs,or portable memory players,which is why I suggested that one.....

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RaWShadow CD Freaks Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: UK Posts: 185	wave files are big so you could check out these drives http://www.lacie.com/products/product.htm?id=10081 400gb & 500gb firewire 800 & USB 2. If there too expensive you could get a internal ide hard drive and stick it in one of them external cases.

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joelmon CD Freaks Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 123	Seems to me...since cdr's lose their data in a few years, and harddrives can die in a few years... We need to take our cd's (especially ROIO sources) and make good old fashioned vinyl albums out of them... Those last forever...if you take care of 'em.... Anyone got a vinyl press?

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joelmon CD Freaks Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 123	Personally the only bad experience I've had with losing data has been some no-name brand I borrowed off a friend... All the cd's I've burnt with TDK, Fuji, Memorex etc. are all still working...I mentioned the data loss thing cause of other postings about it...I'm only experienced in 3 years of burning... I use Mitsui...that are supposed to last 100 years!...I hope they last at least 10.... I was really jesting about the vinyl storage...but then again....

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Ruffrob Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Worldwide Posts: 564	AZ,you're 100% right,but those formats don't have the ubiquitous acceptance in burning programs,or portable memory players,which is why I suggested that one.....