Hard Drive music storage?
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,211
Likes: 4
From: Vancouver B.C.
Hard Drive music storage?
I was wondering about the possibility of using a hard drive to store music in cd format instead of mp3 format. I'm a bit of a music purist and not fond of compression. I look for audiophile recordings and have an SACD and DVD Audio player at home; mp3 don't cut it. I could store a lot of full cd images on a 160 (or bigger) hard drive and use that instead of a cd changer. Does anybody know of a head unit or interface that would let me do this? I was thinking of putting a powered hard drive in my storage bin to replace the cd changer.
Team Owner
Joined: Feb 2000
Posts: 51,504
Likes: 6
From: Sacramento CA
There are a few units out there with USB interfaces that can do such a thing. A few pioneers, iirc. You can use a notebook hard drive. it's easier on power, more vibration tolerant, and can fit anywhere.
Drifting
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 1,484
Likes: 27
From: Torrance Calif
What about "loss-less" ?
Chews up the memory space, but sounds very good.
I have several memory sticks for the USB port on my AVIC-N4.
I haven't heard the same song yet on the 8gig but I am only(?) running a minimum 256k sample rate.
Chews up the memory space, but sounds very good.
I have several memory sticks for the USB port on my AVIC-N4.
I haven't heard the same song yet on the 8gig but I am only(?) running a minimum 256k sample rate.
Last edited by heavymetals; Jun 21, 2008 at 10:48 PM.
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,211
Likes: 4
From: Vancouver B.C.
The notebook drive sounds like a good idea. Do you happen to know the model No.(s) of a USB equipped Pioneer? preferably single DIN? I guess the next question is whether the USB puts out enough juice to run a hard drive, otherwise I would need an independent power supply for the drive.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 8,718
Likes: 20
From: Dyer IN
Cruise-In IX Veteran
most dont put out enough power i recommend a laptop sized usb drive as they usually have a 2 pluged pigtail incase you have an older comptuer and it cant power it so you plug on into the radio and the other into a usb to cig adapter plug and burry it in the back of the dash somewhere
Drifting
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 1,877
Likes: 1
From: Ok! So you don't believe in conspiracies, but will you acknowledge the possibility of there being coordinated activities in secret places? Texas
Kenwood also offers USB connections on some of their units. I run a KVT-819 with an iPod and a 8gb jump drive. I think "SimpleTech" makes a 60gb flash drive.
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,211
Likes: 4
From: Vancouver B.C.
I happened on a reference to the JVC KD-NX 5000. It is single DIN and has a 40 G hard drive, 24 gig is available for music storage, the rest is for nav. I'm thinking this may be the way to go; especially if you could mod it to throw in a bigger drive (would have to figure out how to format and set up the new drive).
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 5,572
Likes: 4
From: Los Angeles Ca
why not go the car pc route? you can have loss-less bit perfect playback and wont have to worry about powering the drive. you can also have it sync to your home library automatically via wi-fi
