[William Noble]

"bob" wrote in message
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On Oct 5, 7:57 pm, "William Noble" wrote:

I also have an elderly friend who likes to put a few dozen CDs in a
player
on shuffle - his last player actually wore out (the brushes on one of the
motors wore right through) because it shuffles one song at a time for
hours
per day - I'm trying to get him to use some thing else - something really
simple that doesn't require an interenet connection (because he doen't
have/want such a thing).

Does he have a computer? In that case, it's pretty simple: Rip CDs to
iTunes, then connect computer to receiver/amp. Set iTunes to shuffle.
Done.

Otherwise, maybe one of the Olive products: www.olive.us.


yes, he has a computer, but he doesn't want to use if for music - I'm trying
to convince him to get an ipod and let a neighborhood kid load it with his
CDs, but until then .....there must be something with a hard drive and a CD
reader (ok, that sounds like a computer) with no screen or keyboard that
will do this job

[David L. Martel[_2_]]

William,

Rather than drag your friend into the computer world why not find a CD
player with the shuffle function and and more rugged construction?

Dave M.

[bob]

On Oct 6, 6:36*pm, "David L. Martel" wrote:

* Rather than drag your friend into the computer world why not find a CD
player with the shuffle function and and more rugged construction?

I'm inclined to agree with this. A computer-based approach is the
"right" answer, but it might not be the right answer for this user. CD
changers aren't that expensive, and if they have to be replaced every
once in a while due to mechanical failure, that won't break the bank.

Also, as Harry suggested, hard drives suffer mechanical failures, too--
which is why any computer music server requires TWO hard drives.

bob

[Sonnova]

On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 19:01:33 -0700, bob wrote
(in article ):

On Oct 6, 6:36*pm, "David L. Martel" wrote:

* Rather than drag your friend into the computer world why not find a CD
player with the shuffle function and and more rugged construction?

I'm inclined to agree with this. A computer-based approach is the
"right" answer, but it might not be the right answer for this user. CD
changers aren't that expensive, and if they have to be replaced every
once in a while due to mechanical failure, that won't break the bank.

Also, as Harry suggested, hard drives suffer mechanical failures, too--
which is why any computer music server requires TWO hard drives.

bob


Yes, but a decent entertainment server like Apple TV is pretty cheap ($229)
and does a great job. One's computer is used (via iTunes) to MANAGE the Apple
TV appliance, and need not be switched on for one to listen to one's music
library, reducing the wear and tear on one's computer HDD.