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I am in for round 2

I have been listening to RP for a couple of years now, I find it to be a phenomenal resource for learning about new music. The SQ is of secondary concern to me and I believe this is one of the best radio stations on the web. The station owner knows how to put together great playlists, perfect music to stream to the squeezebox while at work. I even stream it to my iphone with their app.

At least you wont have to hear her tell you to; Turn that down!

For a complete understanding of the MF V-Link, USB/SPDIF convertor, check this review by Chris, owner of this site. There is no way I could explain it any better than this article does: http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/Musical-Fidelity-M1DAC-M1HPA-and-V-Link-Async-USB-Converter-Review You can use HDMI and the USB from the Mac Mini for sound, to different inputs on your Denon, I am not sure if you can do it at the same time, (not sure if you would ever want too or not) but you can use the HDMI for movie/TV sound and the USB port for music. The MF V-Link has it's own drivers, loads automatically then becomes a device that you select for audio output in the Apple MIDI program. This can also be used in conjunction with a DAC. But please take some time and read the review. There are others on this forum that use the V-Link and I have read no complaints, not to mention that for the money it is the best improvement one can make. BTW, I use an adapter from Mini display out to HDMI for my LCD TV and I have had minor problems with the screen adjusting and some other minor issues, so I would want the HDMI output for sure, unless you plan to go "headless" for your music server. I like having my TV available as a monitor as I surf the net while I am listening to and rating my music.

Hello Ksjeff! I am a GC here in Southern Calif., we just completed an Azec Deck, 600 sq. ft. This is not our specialty but boy was this expensive material.

Hello MMD! I am in Dana Point, CA!

Hello Elysian! Actually I am not looking to purchase RAM right now as my MINI (2007) is maxed with 2gb's, however the RAM spec that OWC sells for so much money is also available on Amazon by different manufacturers and is still quite pricey compared to just using 8 gb's of RAM. I agree with you that this should not be the case but for some reason it is. I do not know if there is another type of RAM that can be used for Apple products or not but my point is that they are gouging people on the RAM prices and these high prices have come down quite a bit recently. As I said I saw the RAM for $1,400 for 16 gb's just a month ago and now they want several hundreds? Maybe the prices came down when Lion came out and it is known that the Lion OS is a memory hog, so they figure a lot more people will purchase the RAM so they lowered the price. Not really sure but the 16 gb RAM should not be so much more than 8 gb is IMO. To back up my statements: March 9, 2011 http://macdailynews.com/2011/03/09/owc-announces-first-16gb-ram-upgrade-for-apples-new-macbook-pro/ July 26, 2011 OWC 16GB DDR3 1333MHz Memory Upgrade Kit (2 x 8GB memory modules) - $1399.99 http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1198840

Although Alice is a close second!

I still use a 2007 Mac Mini, for my music and also for my big screen TV, used as a monitor. I was thinking of upgrading to the 2011 Mac Mini, but when it came right down to spending the money, I realized that even with only 2gb of RAM my Mini works pretty darn good. Now the draw back to my 2007 model is that you can not upgrade the RAM to anymore than the 2gb's I already have and it also does not have HDMI out like the 2010 model does, so if these 2 items are important to you, I would get a refurbished or used 2010 model and you will still get to use Snow Leopard. I am ambivalent about the need to switch to Lion at this point. If you want really great sound get a usb/spdif convertor to feed your system. This simple, cost effective change made a huge difference in my system. I use the Musical Fidelity V-Link ($160.00)and it works wonders.

Hello Elysian! I am in full agreement that you can get 16 GB 1333MHZ for cheaper than $879.00, but that was not the point I was making. My point was that 8 gb RAM (2x4gb)for a Mac Mini is only $72.00 for example (or in that ball park), so why they would charge over $800 for 16gb (2x8gb)is disproportionate in pricing, IMO. Even on Amazon I found this RAM for the $300-$400 range, which is still out of whack with what 8gb costs. I would guess that since only servers and high end users would need this much RAM that maybe they price it this high because the market is small, which just proves my point of my OP, that if prices came down they would sell much more and make more revenue, which in turn would create more jobs to keep up with the demand. BTW- my posted link is for OWC which is not the same as Apple, Dell etc.

CSN or CSNY?

http://support.apple.com/specs/#macmini

About a month ago or so this price was $1,400, so it has dropped in price almost 50%.

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/Apple_Mac_mini/DDR3_1333

Could you expound a little on this comment? If Ram is produced in large enough quantities and the price is low enough, and many more units are sold, does that not increase profits for the Ram producer which leads to more revenue and more jobs? I would think that lower prices would lead to more people upgrading their Ram, that might not otherwise with higher prices. A good example is 8 Gigs of RAM is relatively cheap, but if you buy 16 Gigs the price jumps up dramatically and costs more than the computer does.