Hi, I am just trying to get started with HD Tracks and perhaps other sources of hi-rez music. Since it seems like any significant amount of downloaded hi-rez music is going to take up a lot of storage space, I am not sure the best way to store, organize, and play it.
My Toshiba laptop has a 500GB hard drive, with 388GB currently free. I have no idea how quickly the hard drive would be filled up. At this point, my assumption is that most of my downloads will be flac. I just put Media Monkey on the laptop, and downloaded a couple tracks as a test, and it does play them.
My bigger interest is in playing the music on my Onkyo 809 receiver, which I am told will play flac files. So, would I be correct in thinking I could just drag and drop flac files from the laptop onto a thumb drive, and then insert the thumb drive into the Onkyo and play the flac files? And, how big of a thumb drive should I get, and and are there any certain performance specs the thumb drive has to meet in order to do this? Also, one concern with storing the music on the thumb drive is how small and easy to lose they are. Is there a better way to store and play the flac files on the Onkyo?
Thanks so much for any tips and education!
My Toshiba laptop has a 500GB hard drive, with 388GB currently free. I have no idea how quickly the hard drive would be filled up. At this point, my assumption is that most of my downloads will be flac. I just put Media Monkey on the laptop, and downloaded a couple tracks as a test, and it does play them.
My bigger interest is in playing the music on my Onkyo 809 receiver, which I am told will play flac files. So, would I be correct in thinking I could just drag and drop flac files from the laptop onto a thumb drive, and then insert the thumb drive into the Onkyo and play the flac files? And, how big of a thumb drive should I get, and and are there any certain performance specs the thumb drive has to meet in order to do this? Also, one concern with storing the music on the thumb drive is how small and easy to lose they are. Is there a better way to store and play the flac files on the Onkyo?
Thanks so much for any tips and education!