I love my Mac Mini as a server. . . I use JRiver as my backbone and take advantage of the optical out of the headphone jack directly into my Mini DSP. I opted for an older model 2.6GHz i7 Quad Core 16GB RAM and upgraded the drives to super quiet and fast dual 500GB SSD. Mac operating system on one and Windows on the other. All my audio applications run on Windows so that’s what I use almost 100% of the time. My albums are loaded in FLAC format. It’s dead quiet and sounds amazing. There are no downsides in my opinion.
Mac Mini as a music server
I would love to hear your thoughts, experiences [positive and negative] as well as words of caution for using a Mac Mini as a music server. It seem that most all of the audio-magazine reviewers that use a computer for a music server use a Mac Mini. A few the economically elite swing for dedicated, purpose-specific computers that are optimized for music, but I <unfortunately> do not fall into that privileged company.
Topics of interest:
> Which music sever app do you use? I have read & received recommendation for JWRivers, Channel D, Roon & others. What has been your experiences?
> Any particular shortcomings of the Mac Mini vs other platforms?
> Words of wisdom in making this work?
Thanks in advance for taking the time to provide your insight.
Topics of interest:
> Which music sever app do you use? I have read & received recommendation for JWRivers, Channel D, Roon & others. What has been your experiences?
> Any particular shortcomings of the Mac Mini vs other platforms?
> Words of wisdom in making this work?
Thanks in advance for taking the time to provide your insight.
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No experience with the Mac Mini but I recently put together a low budget system with a 10+ year old iMac. I'm currently using just iTunes because I could not hear a significant difference between that and iTunes with BitPerfect or Audirvana. This is through a low end Schiit Modi 2 Uber. The advantages? Cheap. Simple. Apple Remote works great. A/B testing vs straight CD reveals clear differences. CD is brighter but sometimes too bright compared to iTunes/Schiit. In blind A/B testing my wife preferred the iTunes/Schiit to CD. One advantage of the Mac Mini is its size and this article explains how to set one up and even ditch the monitor once it is done. https://www.psaudio.com/ps_how/how-to-build-a-music-server/ |
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