Have you checked into - http://www.xi3.com/?
-----Original Message-----
From: "Lewko, Robert" <lew...@uleth.ca>
Sent: Monday, September 2, 2013 11:37am
To: "CLUG General" <clug-talk@clug.ca>
Subject: Re: [clug-talk] linux on mac-mini...
Maybe I should have been more forthcoming with my needs. Here's what I am
looking for:
I am looking for a compact computer that can has at least 500Gb that has
SPDIF or toslink output that can run MPD (Music Player Daemon - Max os x
or Linux - screw Windows!!!). I am using this for feeding my stereo DAC -
ie. I want to put my tunes on its disk (wave files, don't give me shit
about size!!!) and put the computer wherever I setup my stereo system. I
may or not have this computer on a network. Because of location I may
want wireless networking - but that is not necessary 'cause when I add to
the library I can use a USB disk.
Thank you for your recommendations Gustin, a Gigabyte Brix with a 750Gb
SSD and the Vantec might do the trick!
What I have been looking at doing is getting a 2007-early 2009 Mac Mini
and putting a larger disk in it. What I have no experience with is
SPDIF/toslink under Linux. I have no idea what the device shows up as in
/dev and you need that name to configure MPD.
Why MPD? I am friggin' tired of commercial music software that stops
working when the clients updates and the server hasn't (because its not
connected to a network). With MPD there are clients for virtually
anything and the transport protocol hasn't changed in at least 3-4 years.
And its open so if I wanted to write my own client then I could do so (not
that I have the time to do that!!!).
Why SPDIF (optical)? Computers are nasty electrically. I want to isolate
the computer electronics from the stereo equipment as much as possible.
ASIDE: Everybody has an opinion on what affects the sound and imaging from
a good high fidelity stereo. I am open to hearing yours. Just don't tell
me that noise added from another source shouldn't make a difference!!!
You'd be surprised what makes a difference that you can hear.
> Instead of wrestling with the Mac, I would go with either an Intel NUC or
> a
> Gigabyte Brix. If you really do need TOSLINK, there are a number of
> cheap,
> well supported USB audio devices (like this one:
> http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX31016).
>
> I used to use that USB audio device with an Alix for MPD. I did not use
> the TOSLINK since I needed the analogue out. I always carry that USB card
> with me, we can test it out at the next meeting.
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 10:24 PM, Lewko, Robert <lew...@uleth.ca> wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have experience with running Linux on a Mac Mini? What I
>> want
>> to determine before I look for one is if the toslink output is supported
>> by the Linux drivers and what the device name is under Linux.
>>
>> I am reasonably sure that the answer to the first question is yes since
>> the hardware is mature.
>>
>> The reason that I want to know what the device name is for the toslink
>> device is that I want to run MPD (Music Player Daemon) on this computer
>> and this info is needed to configure this daemon.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
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