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Help the 'PC Audio' bewildered....

I want a "device" that can hold 1TB or more of .wav files that can be backed up and can feed cleanly via USB to an asynchronous DAC. The device should be very quiet sonically and electrically and should be reasonably small, and be able to run without emitting any disturbing screen light. Sonic performance is paramount. Playing music must be controlled via my choice of android or iphone remotely without line of sight to the device. Price under $5k? What are my options?
mike60
mike60 OP
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How do you control them remotely?
hfisher3380
167 posts
 
Controlling the Mac Mini remotely is relatively straight-forward, at least in computer terms! You will need some type of monitor for initial set-up - luckily the Mini has HDMI out so assuming you have a TV with HDMI you can use that, along with a mouse and keyboard. You will need to set up and configure your Mini in the usual fashion and also make sure you enable screen sharing and log onto your home network - plus configure the remote ap on your ipad/iphone if that will also be used. Once all of this is configured you shouldn't need a screen any longer.
mike60 OP
275 posts
 
Can you only control with an ipad or iphone? Are there apps for other phones?
hfisher3380
167 posts
 
Not sure - I believe there is an app for androids etc but I've never used one so I wouldn't know - can you google it?
gocubs999
156 posts
 
After much research for a quiet, reliable means of external storage (Raid-redundant) I landed on the OWC Mercury Elite AL Pro Quad external 4 TB drives. They come with the award winning SoftRAID 3.5 to manage raid array and ALL drives. You may not need this storage capacity as they have smaller options. A few weeks following installation, the SoftRAID alerted me that a failure of the 2010 Mac Mini drive was imminent. This accelerated my objective to replace the Mac Mini hard drive with an OCZ Agility 3 SSD. Catastrophe averted and the product was already delivering value. They also come with high quality Firewire 800 cables for use. May want to check out Other World Computing website.
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