Experience with Mach2 Music Server?

Alex, you're depressing the hell out of me.

It depresses me too because I like the MacMini, and because many of my customers are Mac users. I hope MacBook Pro sounds much better since it runs from a battery. One local customer is willing to bring his MBP so we can experiment with it.

The Mini is basically a laptop in a cute little enclosure, so it might get a lot better with battery or linear power. Question is whether it will be worth the trouble trying that. At least this one is a lot easier to disassemble compared to the old model.

Stay tuned.

Best,
Alex Peychev

Alex, I've tried the MacBook Pro in my system and the Mini sounds better. Now, the last thing I need is some junky Toshiba laptop running Windows making me feel insecure about my sleek, Apple-based audio setup.

In all seriousness, I wonder whether there's some kind of issue with the Mini and the Hiface. I think my Mini paired with a USB DAC sounds pretty good.

Alex, are you running the MacMini into your APL DAC?

I must have missed the part where all this is supposed to make it EASIER to listen to music than slipping a CD on to or into a transport or CDP. I would go back and re-read but thousands of acronyms and cables running all over the place before even getting to the stereo system gives me a headache.

Neal

Alex, are you running the MacMini into your APL DAC?

I am using both NWO-M and DAC-S for the evaluation. The Hiface is highly upgraded in both cases so it is more comparable to the M2Tech EVO.

Best,
Alex Peychev