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Har noen her på berget importert, prøvet og lyttet til denne oppgraderte MacMinien?
Jeg er interessert i kjøps- og brukererfaringer.

http://mach2music.com/

Mvh :)
 

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En amerikansk kunde av meg har denne og lovpriser den.
(Vet imidlertid ikke om han har testet en vanlig MacMini først.)
 

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Det er flere som lovpriser den, men som du sier det er vanskelig å vite referansegrunnlaget!!!!!
Den bør banke standard MacMini med SSD.
M2M kan nå levere ombygd maskin forberedt for ekstern batteri strømtilførsel!!!!! :eek:
 

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Er vel en helt standard mac mini.
Tweaket os, nye "føtter" og kanskje gjort noe med ekstern psu?
PSU til mac mini er jo en helt standard switch mode sak (aner ikke spenningen ut ) som 100% sikkert kan oppgraderes til noe bedre. Enkelt og bra diy prosjekt kan det være.

Hva er prisdifferensen mellom standard og denne?
 

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Hovedpoenget med denne spilleren er at operativsystemet er tweaket og "alle" prosesser som ikke innbefatter lydfil avspilling er fjernet. I tillegg er RAM og prosessor løftet og SSD minnet er valgt etter lydkriterier. I følge leverandøren er det lydmessige fordeler med enkelte SSD og HDD enheter fremfor andre. Dette blir lett en umulig diskusjon hvorvidt man tror det kan være lydmessige fordeler med det ene fremfor det andre (som en kabeldebatt) og det ønsker jeg ikke tråden skal utvikle seg til å bli.
Jeg ønsker lyttererfaringer om de finnes. ;)
Prisen er avhengig av valgene man tar men den koster selvsagt noe mere enn om man installerer mere RAM, SSD etc selv.


The Mach2 Music - Modified MacMiniThere has been a growing movement the last few years towards Digital Audio Servers, and the Mac Mini Computer is one of the best music server platforms. The Mac Mini is small, quiet, has a low power draw, superior EMI rejection, and the Mac OS X core audio functions are superb.

While the stock Mac Mini provides the basis for an excellent music server, we developed a series of changes that make it sound much, much better. By upgrading some of the hardware, performing extensive modifications to the operating system setup, and optimizing the music player software, we have drastically improved the soundstage, fine detail, dynamics, and greatly reduced the noise floor.

Our modified Mac Mini is a superb front end which can output to a USB DAC, Firewire DAC, or a Headphone/Mini Toslink Input (i.e. Preamp or Receiver). While we recommend using a USB or Firewire DAC, we have had terrific results using the Headphone/Mini Toslink output into a preamp.

At Mach2 Music we offer a turnkey music server system that just needs to be plugged in to your favorite DAC, Preamp, or Receiver, and then turned on. We provide the hardware, modified operating system, optimization scripts for the common music players. You simply load your music files onto the hard disk and enjoy.

When paired with a quality DAC, this setup will outperform CD or SACD players at 2-4 times its price. The sound quality is that good. Some people are even using the Mach2 without a DAC and finding very good results.


To help you get set up and enjoying the music,
We offer a Free 30-minute Online Setup Session.

HARDWARE
We provide a new 2011 Unibody Mac Mini with an ultra fast Sata III 60-GB Solid State Hard Drive and 8-GB of system memory. We put the original 500GB hard drive into a USB enclosure with a backup image of your music server. Since some people already have Music Storage, the Mach2 base setup doesn’t come with Music Storage. We do offer optional 1TB and 2TB external hard drives that sound great, so you end up with the Music Storage size you want. Please note that the specific hardware can have an impact on sound quality. All the parts have been chosen, based on how they affect the sound quality. We have done extensive A/B testing, and extended testing, to achieve the best combination.
SOFTWARE
We install music player software, configure the software, and provide optimization scripts for some of the more common and best sounding Music Players including Play.app, iTunes, Pandora. Scripts can be provided for PureMusic or Amarra on request at no additional charge.
Our custom music player optimization scripts are specially developed to keep the music from being molested by other programs or processes, and to make the most of the computers resources. The detail, texture, and fullness of the music are noticeably better with these scripts.
OPERATING SYSTEM
We want the music server applications to have as much of the computers attention as possible. This greatly affects the sound quality, and after all this is a Dedicated Music Server. So we optimize the Snow Leopard Operating System for playing music by removing anything we can that doesn't support that goal. Our special combination of modifications removes or turns off numerous non-music related applications and processes. We strip out almost 1.5GB of unnecessary code. TEST & DELIVERY
We test the full setup in our system. Only after we are satisfied that the complete system is working 100% do we ship the completed Mac Mini and Music Storage Drive to you (insured of course). MACs are the easiest computers to use.
Once you receive your new Mach2 Music Mac Mini, you will plug it in, copy your music to the external storage drive and direct your favorite music player to your library. Configure your DAC and select it as the music output device. This depends on your equipment but it usually takes only a few minutes. All that is left after that is to sit back and enjoy... If you are comfortable with computers, a Mac based music server should be a lot of fun
 

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Fikk akkurat dette svaret fra M2M og da kan jeg vel ikke vente noen "lytteinntrykk" fra Norge. Da er jeg åpen for løsreven synnsing også:

Hello Geir,

Thank you for your interest in Mach2 Music. You are my first inquiry from Norway. Unfortunately, I have not sold any Mach2 Music servers to customers yet in Norway. We have sold systems to customers in Belgium, the UK, Switzerland, France, Spain, Greece, Bermuda, and the Netherlands as well as Asia and South America.

Very best regards,
Kevin Burke
Mach2 Music
 
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