Which Mac mini?

Good ups getting the paradesea+! I've read about it...very cool! Some guy on Audioasylum actually wrote that he prefers the paradesea+ to a Wavelength Cosecant, which is now sold. I noticed you also have, or had, an Opus 21 -- also very cool! I used that player for awhile and really loved it.

Anyway, I've used a couple of different Macbooks as music servers and I think a good rule of thumb is to get as much processor, along with the most memory you can afford. Aftermarket memory is your best bet for Apple.

I don't think it takes alot of computing power to stream the music, but once the system actually starts dealing with a huge music library, you can have slow downs and hiccups.

If it was me, and I might be getting a Mini here soon to replace the Macbook, I'd get at least an Intel Core Duo 1.8ghz with 1 GB of memory minimum with plans to go to 4gb eventually.

Let us know how you like the DAC once you get up and running...I'm very interested! Cheers!

go look for a older g4 mac mini. around $300-$400. you don't need an intel proc for itunes, nor do you need to run windows on it. if you do want to run a pc program, then you will need an intel proc mac mini. i used a duo core 1.66ghz mac mini as my personal computer and running the music server on it, with processing power to spare. you don't need a dedicated mac for your music server. i now use a new imac 24" screen running vmware for windows, mac applications, and itunes music server. i would recommend that you don't use a macbook or laptop for a machine that has to stay up 24 hrs a day. they get warm (hot) whereas the imac or mac mini run cool.

Thanks guys. Would i be able to use the itouch to control the older g4 ? Or would i need bluetooth capabilities?