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  1. Thank you for the inputs/insight and other responses. Much appreciated. I did end up purchasing the Mac Mini with the specs referenced in my original post above. I have a JRiver MC master license and plan to set up the MM to run either the Mac or Windows version of MC. BTW, the only real reason I am running Windows on the MM is so I can have the Theater View (it's a nice feature for parties and such) option - the Mac version of MC currently does not support Theater View. Again, Thank you for the inputs! It's gonna be a busy weekend . . . . . .
  2. Hi All, There is a lot of information on the site regarding using a Mac Mini as a music server. But before I pull the trigger on a purchase I wanted some opinion regarding the configuration of the mini. Will the top end Mac Mini in it's default configuration be a good choice to use as a server? 2.8GHz Processor, 1 TB Fusion Drive and 8GB Memory. I plan to run Windows 10 (via Bootcamp) and JRiver Media Center. That is all that will be loaded onto this computer. It will be hardwired to my in-home network to which is attached a Synolgy DiskStation DS1815+ NAS which holds all music files. I realize that one can move from the fusion drive to a 256/512 SSD as well as upgrade the RAM to 16GB but will these upgrades _really_ provide me any benefit. Thanks in advance for any advice. CJ
  3. Hello. I'm a new forum member (been a lurker for a while now) hoping to get some input on the following scenario. I currently run JRiver MC on a HTPC that I built a few years ago for 90% of my music playback. It has 4 internal HDD and feeds an Emotiva UPC-1 -> Emotiva XPA-2 -> Paradigm Studio 100's. With recent upgrades and purchases I have now run out of physical space in my audio rack. I also happen to have a Mac Mini and several external HDD's that are not currently in use. So. I'm considering moving from the HTPC to a Mac Mini and external HDD configuration. Doing so would save me quite a bit of space and give me additional options for positioning the Mac and HDD's within my audio rack as the HTPC case is pretty huge. I do not like iTunes and don't want to even consider it for managing or playing back my music collection. I have become familiar with MC and do not really want to change to anything different - unless there was a very compelling reason to do so. I guess it's just really a preference thing. So my question(s) is this: Has anyone taken (or tried) this approach? If so, can you please provide any comments/suggestions/concerns/etc? Will running XP via Parallels provide MC the access and control of the Mini's audio HW such that I get direct bitperfect audio output from Mini's the USB and/or TOSLink port? Will the Mini with 8 GB of RAM have enough horse power to run MC within Parallels? If not I suppose I could also go the Boot Camp route. Looking for any and all feedback and suggestions on how I might make this setup work. Thanks in advance for any help and insight. Carm
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