Seems a little weird to me you are prepared to spend good money on linear power, when benefits can be made just using a traditional ATX powered setup?!Įverything matters. Why start with a compromised PC platform? you already know your ATX setup sounds better than your mac mini? Linear power injection for your 5v sources such as USB to spdif converters, usb cards etc. either by a good ripple minimised PS or separate linear power/batteries.
#Mac mini server home use windows 8.1#
Windows 8.1 or server 2012 (very similar)Ģ4 pin powered motherboard. If you are going for ultimate sound quality, you'll need (my suggestion): Macs are superb for any context including in the living room acting as a hub for your video and music enjoyment. although your collection will need to be in wav format. Windows in my opinion tops linux, daphile, vortexbox and OSX. I find Linux based servers to sound quite gritty through the mid frequencies.īut in my experience, daphile/vortexbox etc can sound more dynamic v's windows.īut you sacrifice midrange clarity - which is everything. That's my next project - it can use the same linear PSU from HD-Plex as well so the entire system is under 700 bucks.
#Mac mini server home use trial#
I did find an improvement with my quiet PC build - fanless PSU, fanless CPU heatsink but with one large chassis fan.īut I suspect a linear PSU might make a difference too.Ĭlay (PDX designer) is asking me to trial Daphile (a Linux based OS that's fully optimised for music and runs a SqueezeCenter Server based server) and he's using a really cheap Celeron NUC. So I suspect the OS makes IMHO not as big a difference. I did a comparison of Mac Mini running Bootcamp and OSX - both OS running JRiver, and I can't say there was a big difference in sound. 1 So when I wrote about using a hacked Intel NUC as a replacement for my Mac mini server last week, I got a bunch of. I’ve written about the Mac server I keep in my house so many times that I sometimes forget that people don’t keep a catalog of everything I’ve written in a database somewhere, tagged by topic. I think you will find your jaw will drop, as you realise just how much better music can sound away from OSX.Īgain not trying to start a debate. How I use my home server Intel NUC server sitting atop my old Mac mini. īorrow/Purchase a i3/i5/i7 PC capable of sse2/AVX/AX2 instructions. Without trying to start a debate on which OS is better (I am not interested in this), you owe it to yourself to try MQN player running on win8.1. The next suggestion is to try windows 8.1 for your music listening. I think you maybe surprised just how much better this actually does sound V's a small mac mini or nuc build. You are much better starting with an itx or MATX setup which doesn't use on board dc conversion.įor less than the cost of the linear power supply you are looking at you could purchase/build an optimised ITX, powered music server, powered by a very stable (minimal ripple ATX silent seasonic PS or similar) Linear power will help, but you are still converting voltages on the main board.
Can I suggest you move away from the mac mini PC solution which uses onboard DC conversion.
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