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In Reply to: CDP versus HD/server Decision Thoughts posted by hikejohn on January 31, 2009 at 10:13:14:
So far, I am very pleased with the audio quality I'm getting from the Mac Mini, iTunes, and Apogee Mini-DAC Firewire, as a replacement for my Accuphase DP-65v CD player. And the music server makes it a lot more convenient being able to play any album or song at will, w/o having to swap a CD in and out of a CD player tray.
You can have both. You don't have to give up your CD player to experiment with a music server. Set up a music server and see for yourself comparing against your existing CDP. If you like what you hear, then consider replacing the CDP, or just keep both.
It's pretty easy setting up a music server, especially with the Mac. I'm new to this and just started down this path a couple months ago.
I have a local friend who is very active as an audiophile who recently sold his Marantz SA-7S1 AND his Cary 306 SACD pro:
Each of these players are in the $6000 - $8000 USD range. He now uses a Mac and iTunes with the Apogee Mini-DAC very similar to my setup.
Sure, there are some advantages and disadvantages to running a music server but believe me, it's a load of fun setting it up and there are measures you can take to protect your music collection from a disk crash, like keeping a backup copy to another disk, or setting up mirrored disks.
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