Minimserver on Synology DS415play?

[MikeK]

Lucky you, reaching 'retirement'. You'll probably end up being busier than when you were 'working'! I have just over 200 weeks to go but who's counting? ;-)

That's a mammoth ripping project you're facing. I faced a similar task about 2 years ago albeit with only about 700 CDs. Like you I wanted to rip to WAV format but I'm now embarking on a project to convert them all to FLAC! Why you may ask? Tagging. I've come to realize that your library is really only as good as it's ability to find stuff quickly and easily and, let's face it, with limited tagging capability and no commonly accepted standard, WAV just doesn't cut it. FLAC commonly uses the Vorbis standard for tagging and if you switch on the transcoding feature in Minimserver, you're DAC will not be able to tell the difference between a WAV stream and one that has been transcoded from FLAC.

If you're looking for a good DAC to which you can stream DSD (actually DSD over PCM but that's not important) then I do recommend the PSA DirectStream DAC. It appears to have received universally excellent reviews and, although I don't claim to have 'golden ears', there was an enormous improvement to my ears. But of course Minimserver may have contributed to the improved SQ ;-)