Experience with Mach2 Music Server?

I'm currently using a Blue Circle USB Thingee and have owned a M2tech HiFace and to my ears, in my system, I find the Blue Circle superior. It had a more organic presentation. I found the Hiface slightly tipped up in the high frequencies which eventually I found tiring. The Blue Circle is also more accurate in terms of instrument timbre.

One drawback to the Blue Circle Thingee is that its limited to 16/44.1 - Blue Circle does make a pricier model called the USB Tunnel, which handles up to 24/96 I believe.
Another issue for me with the HIFace was that when I matched movies on my Mac Mini there was an lag in the audio which I could never solve. M2Tech acknowledged this and basically said the only fix was to use dvd software which could adjust for this. Not sure if this is relevant to you but I thought I would throw it out there.

Good luck in your search. I recently dove into the whole computer/audio world with a Mac Mini/Pure Music and USB thingee and couldn't be happier.

If I already have an 1 TB external hard drive with 2000 Cd's, will the Mach 2 work with this hard drive?
Or do I have to re-rip again?

Thanks for the info Tooter.

I noticed John Kenny suggests an attenuator for use with the HiFace, and I wonder if this is in response to the tipped up presentation you heard in the high frequencies?

What DAC are you using?

For USB to S/PDIF, you might also consider Empirical Audio's Off Ramp.

Bryon

Bryon, I considered that.

It's likely the USB>BNC adapter (or USB>spdif adapter) will not be a long term item. I can see at some point moving to a USB DAC, so for the present, I'm not allocating much money on SOTA USB conversion, which is more the goal of the OffRamp.

My goal at present is to keep the cost down.