In Reply to: RE: Ethernet HD Music Server posted by bwb on May 6, 2012 at 07:00:44:
bwb: Hi. What I meant by "circuit-board-like was a home-made type of thing as opposed to the $5k - $15k type ethernet DACS that are out there such as the Linn. I entered the realm of circuit-board DACS the first of which cost me nothing the second of which cost $65 from China.
So I am hoping to find a diy-type ethernet server to get the HD sound files I have into my DAC and thus into my stereo.
As far as I know the Mac Mini doesn't have a toslink output. I spent an hour in the local Apple store trying to concoct the required set up and they concluded they didn't have anything. We explored their new Thunderbolt interface, and found a 3rd party thunderbolt/toslink peripheral but the Whizard (or whatever they are called) couldn't say for sure I could do what I wanted to do.
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Follow Ups
- RE: Ethernet HD Music Server - billthebyte 07:45:29 05/06/12 (2)
- The Mac Mini has an optical SPDIF output, mini toslink. - bwb 09:26:47 05/06/12 (1)
- Exactly..... - AbeCollins 15:59:33 05/06/12 (0)