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Is Fan Noise from Laptops an issue? USB Cable upgrade?
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I recently auditioned a DSD Dac. The exaSound e20.
The designer hinted that an SSD (flash memory) hard drive is faster than a normal hard drive. Better if you will be listening at the highest rates.
SSD is also quiet. No fan to cool the hard drive. No spinning parts.
No fancy USB cable is needed.
I bought a $400 Mac Book off of Craigslist that I use at shows. I use Audirvana + and either the Playback Designs MPS-5 or the Mytek Stereo192/DSD. Works and sounds phenomenal!
8GB of memory minimum.
But I'd also consider a older, discontinued model I could mess with and not worry about voiding the warranty. Again, just for audio.
I may end up with the higher priced Mac Mini, but not primarily for audio.
Right now, the current Mac Mini line is getting long in the tooth so I'm waiting and hoping for a processor/graphics upgrade.
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