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Novice needs general advice. Used KSystem 120

MikeKobb said:
It was a combination of things, but the biggest one was that people quit buying music on CD. I mean, usage stats right off a cliff.
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Checks Logs...
2021: 222 CDs imported
2022: 42 CDs imported so far

I guess I am the outlier. It is a little bit of a pain to type in the track names and supply album art for new releases not in the guide, but not too bad.
 
AlienWarlock said:
Checks Logs...
2021: 222 CDs imported
2022: 42 CDs imported so far

I guess I am the outlier. It is a little bit of a pain to type in the track names and supply album art for new releases not in the guide, but not too bad.
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There are many albums missing from Tidal, Qobuz and Apple Lossless. Some albums disappear without notice sometimes. For this reason, CDs will live for many people for a long time.
 
While not exactly the same situation, I am in a similar boat. I have (2) K-120 Cinema One chassis, one is my "primary" unit and the other was found on ebay as a back up after my original one expired about a year and half ago. That ebay searching resulted in (8) spare K-DISK HDD's also.

I am also using these machines as someone described earlier as "cool music servers" in my Savant environment. The video server aspect is seldom used.

So now both chassis indicate a single failed drive, I reached out to Kscape to let me pull out the failed HDD and insert one of the (8) spares I have to be assigned the "new" replacement drives to the chassis to get them both working and was disappointed to find out that "no longer supported" means I cannot do this.

I was told they are "no longer supported" due to lack of replacement parts, which I see as valid for the chassis and hardware, except for the fact that I have in my possession all the parts I need. I just do not have the software to do so. Is there anyone with the expertise to do this drive replacement outside of the factory support? I would imagine KScape tech support are the only ones able to match the drive to the chassis on the extranet?

I will be bummed if I cannot get my music server(s) back on line.
 
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