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I think the 2.53 C2D with the small hard drive and max ram will be in my cart soon if that prediction is right.

Went back to HD Tracks for some more: Jerry Douglas - The Jerry Douglas Band at Grey Fox Jerry Douglas - Bourbon and Rosewater The Smithereens - The Smithereens Play Tommy Billy Burnette - Memphis in Manhattan Various Artists - Poor Boy, The Songs of Nick Drake Thiemo Janssen | Agnes Luchterhandt - Arp-Schnitger-Orgel Norden (Very cool pipe organ stuff)

It is looking very likely now that new ones will be announced tomorrow including one that comes preloaded with Mac Server. There will also evidently be a multi-touch trackpad standalone device to be used with the desktops which I will definitely have to own if it comes to fruition.

Well I do have the month of December off so I might try to make it down for a Florida meet.

Hit HD Tracks, via Paypal of course, to buy my first Hi-res albums. Nancy Bryan - Neon Angel - APO The Kinks - One for the Road The Kinks - State of Confusion Chesky - Area 31 Chesky - Audiophile Voices Monty Alexander - Calypso Blues Valerie Joyce - The Look of Love - Chesky

You can order the OLN-2 with "creamy Jensen Transformer goodness" from their website. I thought about getting one of these to take firewire from the Mac Mini and into my chosen DAC via AES/EBU.

I talked to the girl at the Apple Store and when I asked if a new version was coming out she just smiled and said she did not know. I hope they are not just cutting it altogether but I do not think they could have kept that secret with all the Mac Rumor hounds. I think it will just be an upgrade, but a better processor could be nice if it just means I wait a few days.

Happy Birthday

I intend to buy the fully loaded model as I am very good at the destruction of, but not so good at the working on electronics. The Apple online store is also showing a bit longer delay on the Mini so I really think Tuesday might bring an upgrade so I will at least wait that long. Best Buy is out of the Mini as is TekServe here in the City so something is definitely coming.

Well no Mac Mini tonight as the Flagship store on 5th Ave. Is sold out. This would mean to me that a new one will be debuted next week, so I guess I will wait.

Can you buy a Mini in the store with upgraded RAM or do I have to do it online?

So I need to get the top of the line model just to be safe. I assume it is easy to add RAM to these things. Rowmote is a more advanced remote that Amarra recommends for controlling their software.

I could just hook up a monitor for set up and then view remote desktop for everything else? This would not cost much more than the NAS drive needed to run the PerfectWave bridge and I would be able to use the Amarra in this scenario and greatly cut down on random cables running through the house.

As I am further developing my computer as a source set up I have come to the realization that placing a Mac Mini in the rack might be my best option. Right now I can run audio from my Mac Pro or my Macbook Pro via, USB, Firewire or AES/EBU from the Pro. Unfortunately I do not want to give up the Macbook Pro as my listening room computer and the Mac Pro is several rooms away. My plan is to put the Mac Mini in the rack with iTunes and Amarra installed. Then I believe I can control the Mac Mini either by my laptop or with my Touch if I leave Amarra up as it interfaces with the Rowmote App. I could then take the Squeezebox out of the system and run USB or Firewire out of the Mac and into one of my many DACs. So what am I missing?

I must have missed something. Al, he was a good guy and seemed very knowledgeable and not the least bit like the normal NYC audio salesman. He actually talked me into buying the cheaper software as he thought it was all I needed.

Yep, I spent the afternoon at Ciamara in the city playing with gear and buying the Dongle. Really enjoyable afternoon. Sanjay sells Amarra and all the Sonic Studio, Weiss, Berkley Audio and Lavry DACs. He actually sells from his house which is only a few blocks from Dinny's house. He also makes custom speakers with custom amps/cabling. The set he had in his house used a 18" and two 15" NAD drivers and some sort of Beryllium horn loaded tweeters. Huge speakers but we couldn't really drive them hard as his kids were home.

Happy Birthday Vicki.

JP, what does the dongle look like. I am most likely going to run it on a desktop but I would like to be able to use it on my MacBook Pro as well for meets, etc.

As someone that had a little debate with Linux at Head-fi based upon his massive expertise in every topic I would recommend ignoring him. His opinion is fact, there is no questioning this.

Yes, you get full value when you upgrade.

I have been running through CDs getting a pretty large collection of AIFF together but it would certainly be much easier to keep them in ALAC. I really need a manual for the demo though. I cannot change core audio rates to 24/96 without getting a great Alvin and the Chipmunks impression as the higher the sample rate the faster the song plays. I assume since Amarra is running things it will allow iTunes to play the high res recordings at full rates without the Apple Midi controls set to 24/96. I have to transfer some hi-res music to the laptop to test my theory unless someone wants to enlighten me.

Well after playing with the demo for a couple days I have decided to buy Amarra. I am assuming since I do not plan to do anything over 24/96 and I do not care about the equalization I should get the Mini. Does anyone here have it yet?

Good, my shilling business is just getting up off the ground and I do not need you guys causing me trouble.

None of it makes sense but if people don't stop calling me a shill I will be forced to respond with force.

I bought it at Audio Connections but they have not gotten it in yet. I think there is still one person in front of me but AR does not seem to put out a lot of product or they don't give a lot to Audio Connect.