[LeoPanthera]

> Practically speaking, for a MacBook this means going to the 512 GB storage model instead of the 256 GB storage model, which is an extra $300.

I store my library lossless (where available) on a NAS, and then transcode to <lossy codec of the day> for portable use.

I use Beets to manage it: http://beets.io

[sethhochberg]

Yep. FLAC is for archiving and home playback. Lossy formats are king for portable usage, and when I'm using modestly priced IEMs plugged into my phone with the background din or a train or airplane, I'm really not in a position to care about the debatably negligible differences anyways.

(I'm a classical trained musician, I've worked as a recording engineer. I've used great equipment, heard pristine live music in beautiful acoustic spaces, and am totally willing to compromise to "good enough" for portable use). I archive my music in a lossless format simply because I want options later as better lossy codecs like Opus come around.

[aorth]

Beets is awesome. For tagging I also use MusicBrainz Picard. Which music app do you stream beets to? I didn't like Tomahawk.

https://picard.musicbrainz.org/

[DanBC]

MusicBrainz Picard is brilliant, and really helped me sort out an unwieldy collection.

[eliaspro]

Why use Picard for tagging? Does it offer anything beets doesn't?

[aorth]

I dunno, I find they do it a bit differently. I usually tag in Picard first, then beets. shrug