Deutsche Grammophon Collection 101 CD Box Set APE
Alke Stilwell
Thinking outloud as a way of communicating what I did and what I got and what might be better for ripping two box sets devoted to Itzhak Perlman which I just purchased. To be clear, my post is not intended to complain. Rather to attract any suggestions for a better way of organizing my collection for two box sets devoted to the same artist, one with 25 CDs to rip and the second with 77 CDs.
I am not really proficient at metadata editing in conformance with how roon might receive my collection for a box set grouped as I would want it. And I am taking the time and space to construct this epic post before i finish ripping the remaining 12 albums of the Itzhak Perlman DG collection. And before I start on the Warner collection of 77 CDs. Yikes!
I am trying to come up with a model for the whole library or one that best conveys the genre collection, i.e., Classical, Jazz, Rock, etc. One template may not be best for all, or it will. I may be less particular about the metadata as some other members prefer. Cover art, artist, title, album artist is pretty much what I require to assist me in my selection. The majority of my preference is to listen to the music. And roon does a wonderful job of supplying information about composers, artists, etc.
I am back. I just learned how to use Tags to my advantage. I did not realize I could link the whole collection by using tags such that when I click on one of the albums in the collection using tags, I can see the entire collection. I realize that this is apparently fundamental to most members, but, alas, it escaped me until your post in reply.
To end on a positive note, let me take you back to the superb grooved URHEBER-pressings one more time. The thought that loads and loads of these pressings have, over the past decades, been scorned by European collectors and relegated to dustbins or thrown into containers destined for connoisseurs in many an Asian country - this thought could sadden us, but it really shouldn't, since scores and scores of these wonderful discs still remain in shops and collections, waiting to be properly appreciated by the discerning audiophile. So in summa I say: go out and acquire & enjoy these wonderful records !
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