Why have I posted in so
Why have I posted in so
Ben Duncan mains conditioner
2022 MacBook Pro 14" M1 Pro 10/16/16/16
Samsung QE75Q90T 75" QLED TV
XMOS DSD Async USB to Coax converter
RME Audio ADI-2 FS (AK4493) DAC
Chord Clearway XLR interconnects
Audioquest Crimson USB interconnect
QED Quartz Reference optical interconnect
Edifier S3000 Pro active speakers
Atacama SE24 stands
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Ben Duncan mains conditioner
2022 MacBook Pro 14" M1 Pro 10/16/16/16
Samsung QE75Q90T 75" QLED TV
XMOS DSD Async USB to Coax converter
RME Audio ADI-2 FS (AK4493) DAC
Chord Clearway XLR interconnects
Audioquest Crimson USB interconnect
QED Quartz Reference optical interconnect
Edifier S3000 Pro active speakers
Atacama SE24 stands
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Ben Duncan mains conditioner
2022 MacBook Pro 14" M1 Pro 10/16/16/16
Samsung QE75Q90T 75" QLED TV
XMOS DSD Async USB to Coax converter
RME Audio ADI-2 FS (AK4493) DAC
Chord Clearway XLR interconnects
Audioquest Crimson USB interconnect
QED Quartz Reference optical interconnect
Edifier S3000 Pro active speakers
Atacama SE24 stands
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Ben Duncan mains conditioner
2022 MacBook Pro 14" M1 Pro 10/16/16/16
Samsung QE75Q90T 75" QLED TV
XMOS DSD Async USB to Coax converter
RME Audio ADI-2 FS (AK4493) DAC
Chord Clearway XLR interconnects
Audioquest Crimson USB interconnect
QED Quartz Reference optical interconnect
Edifier S3000 Pro active speakers
Atacama SE24 stands
Just for the record, I love iTunes. I'm happy to delegate responsibility for 'organising my files' to iTunes and have it copy whatever I drag into it into my library. That way I know I can delete it from wherever it was and know it's safely stored away by Mr Tunes. I'm running a Mac, and use Libra to manage multiple libraries. The latest version is rocksolid and I've never had any problems... Libra lets me separate libraries for stuff I own (physical rips I've done myself) from stuff I don't, which I like.
I have a Cowon iAudio M5L portable player running Rockbox firmware and it's happy to take stuff dragged from the folder in my iTunes library, providing it's not DRM'd (which mine isn't, I hate DRM content for a number of reasons, primarily that I like to actually own my music, not just borrow it from someone who deigns to allow me rights to play it). The Cowon also plays FLAC and Shorten formats, not to mention Ogg, so I can bung anything on it and have it work flawlessly. Did I mention Rockbox? It runs on loads of hardware, including the iPod, and it's brilliant. Great for breathing new life into old iPods (I used to run it on a 2nd Gen until the batteries gave up for the second time).
Going off-topic so I'll leave it there.