31-May-2016, 12:40
(30-May-2016, 18:04)baddog Wrote: If it were me I would recommend starting with one Mac only. Perhaps a Mac Mini with at least 8GB of memory, at least a Core i5 processor, and a SSD boot drive. Not sure where you have your music stored?
Oh and I see you want the Mac to be used for other purposes and are going to start with an iMac, that will work great too.
If you have the ability to use ethernet in your house/home/apartment, then I would have the Devialet wired via ethernet. The Mac Mini wired via ethernet.
Playback can be on your iPad/iPhone/Android device.
As noted you can run RoonServer on the Mac Mini. This is the same as what is referenced to as Roon or Roon (Core) but with out the user interface meaning you have to configure it on a device other than the Mac Mini.
FWIW, I am running mine on a Mac Mini using AIR3 and am very pleased with the sound and do not feel the need to add a second system running RoonBridge.
Hi baddog, you read my mind. iMac will be my everyday Mac, I'll use it to do my work, surf the net, etc. And being the more powerful Mac compared with a Mac Mini, I should use it as the Core as recommended. My whole flat is wired, so ethernet connection it will be for the Mac and Devialet. And I'll use my iPad as the Controller.
I also read that for stability, and I supposed for sound quality too, it is recommended to have the Output on a separate machine. That's why I thought of buying another Mac Mini as the Output running AIR. Or this Mac Mini should be termed as a RoonBridge in this configuration?
And if running RoonServer on the Mac Mini is equivalent to running the Core, wouldn't that go against the recommendation of running Core on the most powerful machine? Since the iMac is more powerful.
I have almost zero digital file now. I'm still playing CDs on a transport feeding to the Devialet via AES/EBU. I am looking to buy a Synology NAS to store my futures rips and hires purchase.
What I have now is an iPad and my Devialet sound system. I need to buy an iMac, and possibly a Mac Mini and a NAS.
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