Apple Mac Mini as a music server

Good to know. Can anyone recomend a good DAC that wont break the bank. Also should i be looking at USB or toslink?

"I am using a mac mini with a Benchmark DAC 1"

Shadorne, how do you feed it? I use Airport Express.

Also search the archives,,lots of great info .

I feed the DAC1 directly with 24/96 output from the mac mini. This 24/96 output means that my hi-resolution 24/96 files are not downsampled. It also makes no difference to the majority of my lossless collection burned from CD - these are simply upsampled. The DAC1 is asynchronous anyway. The trick is to avoid downsampling which is a lossy process.

Search the archives as this question is asked two or three times a month.
I use a Mac Mini with cds ripped in AIFF to itunes and stored on an external hard drive. The toslink out from the mini feeds a Monarchy Audio DIP which in turn feeds a PS Audio DLIII dac.
FWIW, I think the PS Audio dac is the dac to get at around $500. Also, the sound is noticeably improved with the DIP. Good luck.