ralphpnj;672543 Wrote: > > > Therefore after reading this thread and scanning the linked thread I am > even more convinced that the $700 Amarra software is being defended by > Apple fanboys simply because they cannot admit that the lowly $300 > Touch is a much, much better computer based digital audio playback > device than their precious Apple/Amarra computer. As the old saying > goes, you can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear.
Not sure this is a fair representation. I don't have an Apple device. But over at computeraudiohile.com there is a fairly large community of people who prefer the Mac Mini as a playback solution to most other reasonably priced solutions. In fact some of them also like the Touch, but prefer the Mac Mini. Gordon at Wavelength Audio is also a Mini as music server proponent, as is Steve Nugent. I don't think all of them are Apple fanboys. Gordon and Steve are certainly in it for what sounds best to them (and what makes their products sound best), and have no particular reason to push Apple products. Like a lot of things in audio, YMMV. The results may be system dependent. -- firedog GIK Acoustics Room Treatments. Tranquil PC fanless server running Vortexbox OS; SB Touch slaved to Empirical Audio Pace Car; MF X-DAC-V3, MF X-150 as pre-amp, ClassDaudio SDS-470 amp; Devore Gibbon Super 8 Speakers; Dual 506 + Ortofon M20 (occasional use); sometimes use PC with M-Audio 192 as digital source. SB Boom in second room. Arcam CD82 which I don't use anymore, even though it's a very good player. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ firedog's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11550 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91692 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
