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I use a MacMini with SSD and music on a FireWire drive. It was a Mach2Mini (no longer exist). The fan coming on is a little annoying due to the noise. I'm keen to hear what can be done to go fanless.
I've been considering an Aurender N100H .... |
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I am using a Mac Mini with SSD drive running Amarra 3.0 with USB-out to DAC and music on an external Thunderbolt drive. As mentioned above, Amarra has an optimize script in preferences to disable non-essential system functions. Works great.
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I prefer Amarra over Audirvana, though if you want DSD playback you'll have to use Audirvana, as Amarra does not have it (yet?).
Make sure you use different types of cables between components in your computer setup. For example, I use External HDDs---> Firewire---> Mac Mini---> USB Converter---> AES/EBU (or coaxial)---> DAC.
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I use Amarra and Audirvana too, but more recently almost exclusively I use Roon. It works really well headless as I can run the Roon app on my MacBook Air to control Roon on the mini
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Is there a way to use an iPad to control the mini?
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Not for Roon yet. Soon I hope.
The remote app allows for iPad control of the library if using Amarra or Audirvana with iTunes. |
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Yup that is what I do today. I was referring to Roon. I might change to Roon if they provide that.
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It will almost be a year since v2.0 is out. If someone else comes up with a nice solution, they will receive a lot of interest. |
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I had done some optimization of the OS but after reading your guide I ventured in to also add quit to Finder and disabled Dashboard. Small accumulations but sweet. All in all optimising the OS has made the sound a shade more natural, alive and clearly sweeter. Very good recommendation for a bit of a mini sq upgrade. Many thanks! graham |
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Glad it worked for you too
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