Posts by Zorrofox

That's food for thought as I hadn't really considered the AirPort Extreme. No reason for that really. I take it then that the Extreme does not have an optical out then? I decided to splash out the other day and ordered some more RAM....

Thanks for all the help guys. Yesterday I went shopping. I bought the new Mac mini (2.5GHz, i5, 4GB), Magic Mouse, & Wireless keyboard. Since the Mac mini supports USB 3 I also walked out with a 2TB LaCie USB 3 drive. Initial setup has...

Quote:Originally Posted by jk6661 I use a 2011 Mac Mini running Pure Music/iTunes, controlled on my iPad via the Splashtop remote desktop app. Works perfectly. Sounds good. Does it work with FLAC files?

Hi, me again. Most of my music is FLAC and I gather iTunes can't (won't?) deal with it. What are my options? Thanks again.

I only have an analogue stereo amp and since I already own an external DAC the its USB for me.

Quote:Originally Posted by alexsj You lack of a CD drive on the new minis is a drag; it can be fixed inexpensively, though.  You can connect your digital sources either via usb or via a mini toslink to toslink using the headphone...

Thanks for the input. Ripping wont be a problem initially. I already have some 700 albums already ripped to FLAC so that's enough to be getting on with. Since the new Mac Mini supports USB3 I'd like to take advantage of that from the...

Code: Quote:Originally Posted by pablobell Yes you can use Apples own Remote app on an iPad or iPhone to control iTunes remotely. It is very similar to an iPod interface, works great. That's excellent news! Whilst iTunes is far...

Hi all. I'm currently using an old laptop running Linux as my source, connected via USB to an external DAC and then on to my stereo amp. The laptop is getting old though and I just can't seem to get on with the Ubuntu interface. What I'd...

Quote:Originally Posted by chewy4 Given the context, I'm pretty sure he meant rip. You're probably right but its an important distinction.