Hi guys
Now that I am finally happy with the setup in my car Im moving to improve the audio experience at home.
I've been spending some time over the last few weeks playing with different options and thus far the following is really impressing me.
Source: Mac Mini running XMBC / Sony DVD player
Amp: Sony STR DE698
Speakers: DLS D3 towers (still researching the right drivers to build a nice center and surrounds)
Sub: Sony 12" active from my previous system.
Media Server: Quad Core Xeon with 4gigs of ram and 2TB of storage.
Streaming: Wireless network.
For now I am super happy with how it sounds.
XMBC has really shown itself to be a fantastic media player although limited by the Mac Mini at the moment. Its quite old and only had 512mb of ram. Decoding HD content is a pain.
Would it be best to just upgrade the ram on it and use a proper external dac or do I ditch it in favor of a PC with an ASUS Xonar card for example?
Now that I am finally happy with the setup in my car Im moving to improve the audio experience at home.
I've been spending some time over the last few weeks playing with different options and thus far the following is really impressing me.
Source: Mac Mini running XMBC / Sony DVD player
Amp: Sony STR DE698
Speakers: DLS D3 towers (still researching the right drivers to build a nice center and surrounds)
Sub: Sony 12" active from my previous system.
Media Server: Quad Core Xeon with 4gigs of ram and 2TB of storage.
Streaming: Wireless network.
For now I am super happy with how it sounds.
XMBC has really shown itself to be a fantastic media player although limited by the Mac Mini at the moment. Its quite old and only had 512mb of ram. Decoding HD content is a pain.
Would it be best to just upgrade the ram on it and use a proper external dac or do I ditch it in favor of a PC with an ASUS Xonar card for example?
