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In Reply to: RE: Good to know... And the fan doesn't seem to ever come on... posted by Rod M on May 07, 2017 at 10:18:54
that the person who set this Mac Mini up for audio only preferred to only use one USB output port and that USB be dedicated to the DAC.
That meant using the Thuderbolt port for storage.
Silly?
Maybe.
Audiophile?
You bet!
Follow Ups:
Yeah, having only two USB ports is an issue and you already have the Thunderbolt drive.
If that thing dies again, you might consider a real NAS. Our QNAP has been great and if a drive dies, it emails me and you just swap in a new one and it rebuilds the RAID array. They also support Thunderbolt along with being a standard Ethernet attached NAS. OTOH, I only saw 8 bay units with Thunderbolt which is pricey and a bit overkill unless you need 20 to 35TB of storage.
-Rod
I've been telling people for years that you do not have to run your USB DAC and storage off different style interfaces. They can both be on USB but just look at the USB device tree to ensure that your disk and potentially other devices are not on the same USB controller as the DAC. It's so simple to do but I suppose for some, it might be easier and more comforting to use totally different interfaces.... USB & Thunderbolt as an example.
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