Little-known Ripfactory has quietly brought an interesting device to the market - a combined Network Attached Storage unit & CD Ripper. Aside from looking very sleek, and more like something from a modern-furniture store, Ripfactory's Ripserver should be the best thing since sliced bread for those of you who still have hundreds of CDs they don't have the time or patience to rip to mp3.

The wonderful thing about Ripserver is that it not only automatically rips content from CDs into MP3 or FLAC, it also fetches Meta-Data and corresponding artwork to store with the files.

Ripserver comes in 500GB/1TB versions, and is available now in White or Black from Ripfactory's online store for $1,190 (£599) and $1,390 (£699) respectively. At that price, you have to work out how much your time is worth to you and whether it might not be cheaper to do it by hand.

Specs
- Ripserver Specsheet @ripfactory.com

More Resources
- About Ripfactory @ripfactory.com