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Dusty Chalk

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Alright, so back to this, I am heavily leaning towards Mac Mini + Apogee Duet. The main reason of the Mini over a laptop is I fucking hate that noise that my DAC gets when the power control software throttles the CPU speeds. The downside is that for this hypothetical totable system, I would need a screen. Anyone have any ideas? I was thinking something like the i-glasses. link of examples

grawk -- can you control a Mac Mini without a monitor with the iTouch (and, of course, an iPhone, which I am probably getting next January)?

Also, having recently started using a Mac -- is there a quick solution to the compatability issue regarding external USB drives between Mac and Windows? I couldn't get the Mac to read my USB drive, but I have to admit to not having investigated very hard (computers were networked together, so I just moved the files over that way).

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Alright, so back to this, I am heavily leaning towards Mac Mini + Apogee Duet. The main reason of the Mini over a laptop is I fucking hate that noise that my DAC gets when the power control software throttles the CPU speeds. The downside is that for this hypothetical totable system, I would need a screen. Anyone have any ideas? I was thinking something like the i-glasses.

I use a sonic impact ipod video-55 dock and a dvi->video out adapter cable :)

grawk -- can you control a Mac Mini without a monitor with the iTouch (and, of course, an iPhone, which I am probably getting next January)?

Yes - Signal

Also, having recently started using a Mac -- is there a quick solution to the compatability issue regarding external USB drives between Mac and Windows? I couldn't get the Mac to read my USB drive, but I have to admit to not having investigated very hard (computers were networked together, so I just moved the files over that way).

it should read windows drives just fine

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Alright, so back to this, I am heavily leaning towards Mac Mini + Apogee Duet. The main reason of the Mini over a laptop is I fucking hate that noise that my DAC gets when the power control software throttles the CPU speeds. The downside is that for this hypothetical totable system, I would need a screen. Anyone have any ideas? I was thinking something like the i-glasses.

Is a LCD tv an option? I use that, and it works fairly well.

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Is a LCD tv an option? I use that, and it works fairly well.
No, not really. Unless you know of a cheap, small one, I don't see that as being particularly totable. I like grawk's other idea of a video adapter and a dock, especially since I'm probably already getting an iPhone.

I mean, yeah, I have access to one for setting up, that's not the issue. The issue is the "while toting" part.

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if you want to use it "while toting" it won't be too helpful :)
Well, no, I don't mean that I'll be listening to it while toting, I mean that 'while toting', I'd be worried that it would receive damage, making it useless during the before and after toting sessions.
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Western Digital quietly intros WD TV HD Media Player - Engadget

So...who's going to be the first to try this and tell me how the internal DAC is? I want the same thing except with a digital audio out (will also help with the multi-channel situation, like ripped DTS tracks), and component and/or S-video.

Or should I go iPod/iTransport (Wadia)? Or should I go laptop/external DAC?

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the wadia is only useful with a dac. I think an appletv is a better choice than the wadia, personally.
So is 280 for a 160 a good deal, do ya think?

The more I think about it, the more I think this is the perfect solution for me. It gives me the opportunity to upgrade the DAC as I can afford to, and...that's pretty much it. I like 'simple'.

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