我現在是用IPAD經camera kit用USB去DAC, 正在想買部mini mac做CAS, 不知各位師兄認為如何？
我現在是用IPAD經camera kit用USB去DAC, 正在想買部mini mac做CAS, 不知各位師兄認為如何？ ...
edhuen 發表於 2011-4-20 20:56 http://www.post76.com/discuss/images/common/back.gif
Why don't you just build a dedicated PC for this?Unless you have a strong desire to buy over-priced hardware from Apple...
會否考慮加部nas，由nas去ipad再去dac。
不過用mac mini都有好處，部ipad可以作為remote。
回復 12# qwe456
I just think Mac Mini is easier to get the good result based on the design and fitting of hardware. Of course, we may get a even better outcome for a PC and pay less. But it may consume time and toning, and it's not guaranteed.
用 notebook 或 pc, 大家唔擔心雜訊問題?
NAS / USB STORAGE > NETWORK PLAYER > DAC >AMP 會否較好?
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I just think Mac Mini is easier to get the good result based on the design and f ...
edhuen 發表於 2011-4-21 11:33 http://www.post76.com/discuss/images/common/back.gif
Took me 10 min to put the box together after I bought all the hardware.And another hour or so get set up all the software.
回復 16# qwe456
c-hing, how about time to choose hardware and case?
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c-hing, how about time to choose hardware and case?
edhuen 發表於 2011-4-21 11:44 http://www.post76.com/discuss/images/common/back.gif
Ok, since you want to be cute about this...Took me 15 min to drive to SSP, 5 min to park the car, 5 min to walk from the garage to the geek mall, 20 min to pick all the hardware, 5 min to walk back to the garage, and another 15 min to drive home.So another 65 min there!{:1_253:}
回復 18# qwe456
Haha, c-hing, Since I am not familiar on PC fabrication, I may choose to buy a Mac Mini. I really have no idea what's the config I should use to have a good result on PC. Do you have suggestions on this? I am appreciated if you have some suggestions
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Haha, c-hing, Since I am not familiar on PC fabrication, I may choose to buy a M ...
edhuen 發表於 2011-4-21 11:59 http://www.post76.com/discuss/images/common/back.gif
Ok, here are my two cents:
1. Don't buy unnecessary components, boards of all sorts, etc.
2. Don't get processors/ components that generate too much heat -- otherwise you might need big heat sinks, etc.
3. Don't need the machine to be terribly powerful, it's not like you need a lot of processing power.
4. Don't want to have internal power supply if possible.
Solutions:
1. Get an Atom motherboard.Pick one that uses an external power supply.There aren't too many choices, but I managed to find one with onboard wireless as well.You can go without a fan at all with that, but I did install a super quiet 7cm fan to keep the temperature at around 40C (totally optional).Also, get an aluminum case to help with heat dissipation.
2. Get a small SSD and store your music files elsewhere (on another machine in another room in my case).I got a cheap 32GB SSD.Again, I don't need it to be terribly fast, so I just picked a cheap one, as long as it works.Since I already have >4TB of storage across the machines in my house, I don't need need a big hard drive that generates heat + noise in the box attached to my stereo.Oh, and do yourself a favor, don't install a CD/DVD/Blu-ray drive!
3. Install as much RAM as possible to remove any bottleneck from the lack of RAM (4GB for 32-bit).I installed two bars of 2GB DDR2.
4. Make sure you have a fast network within your home (your home network, not your up-link to your ISP) since you will be streaming big audio files (FLAC).I have a gigabit network with Cat6 cables running into every room, including the locations where the computers are.But for various reasons, I chose to use wireless for this particular box.
4. Don't attach a monitor to the box.You don't need more circuits around your stereo, but more importantly, you will be sitting too far away from the monitor to read the text on-screen!What I ended up doing was accessing the machine using remote desktop over wireless from a laptop when I need to start foobar2000 to play some music.There's also a HTTP control plug-in for foobar2000, but I haven't tried it.
5. Use Windows 7 (32-bit) or your favorite Linux distro if you prefer, don't go for Vista/XP.I went with Windows on this box.Since there isn't an optical disc drive in the box, install your OS using a USB thumb drive.
There were compromises I made along the way, e.g. putting the box on the network instead of having a big SSD, using wireless instead of plugging in a Cat 6 cable, etc.But for practical reasons, I consider most of these reasonable trade-offs.All-in hardware cost was ~HK$2000, if I remember correctly.And this was last month.
And yes, I spent more time typing this up than putting the box together!Hope this helps and have fun!
