@dbphd - did you modify the Mini to operate from a linear PS? If so, what route did you go?
Although I’m an old hand at analog audio, I’m just now entering the digital world (in a hi-fi context, not car players or the like).
I gather that the Mini could run Audirvana Plus (which is what I’m using now, with mine) and be networked with an Ethernet based DAC and NAS, but wonder how much the Mini’s sound still comes into play since Audirvana is not only a library management system but a "player." My impression, based on a lot of anecdotal comments here and elsewhere is, that the "audio specific" servers sound better. Putting a couple thousand into the Mini with a mod and robust power supply doesn’t make sense, but perhaps your experience suggests otherwise. It is really a question I’m posing, based on a set of assumptions, not staking out a position. I’m not quite ready to make the leap to the ’next thing’-- I only installed the digital front end in the past month or so, thus, I’m receptive to viewpoints from Mini users.
