Any of the current Macs work wonderfully as a music server. The form depends more on your wants and needs.
1. Get as much memory as you can afford.
2. Get as much hard-drive space as you can afford.
3. The new OSX Leopard will be available this Friday.
4. Apple Lossless is great for high quality, yet smaller files. Bit For Bit.
5. WAV and AIFF are "true PCM" files. Bit For Bit.
6. Backup Hard Drive. Unless you enjoying ripping your CDs. Seriously, I see this becoming a new "audiophile" hobby. Think about it, "Personal Remastering"?
7. Turn the iTunes volume all the way up. I would like to really know how good or bad the volume control is?
8. TURN OFF ALL THE "SOUND CRAP" IN PREFERENCES!!!!
I would very highly recommend the HagUSB from HagTech. For $120.00 bucks it turns a Mac into a fine sounding music machine.
Here are some links that you might like.
http://www.hagtech.com/hagusb.html
http://sixmoons.com/audioreviews/musicloverdigital/digital.html
The 47 Labs Shigaraki DAC is very, very nice. ;-)
Above all else, make sure you have fun!
1. Get as much memory as you can afford.
2. Get as much hard-drive space as you can afford.
3. The new OSX Leopard will be available this Friday.
4. Apple Lossless is great for high quality, yet smaller files. Bit For Bit.
5. WAV and AIFF are "true PCM" files. Bit For Bit.
6. Backup Hard Drive. Unless you enjoying ripping your CDs. Seriously, I see this becoming a new "audiophile" hobby. Think about it, "Personal Remastering"?
7. Turn the iTunes volume all the way up. I would like to really know how good or bad the volume control is?
8. TURN OFF ALL THE "SOUND CRAP" IN PREFERENCES!!!!
I would very highly recommend the HagUSB from HagTech. For $120.00 bucks it turns a Mac into a fine sounding music machine.
Here are some links that you might like.
http://www.hagtech.com/hagusb.html
http://sixmoons.com/audioreviews/musicloverdigital/digital.html
The 47 Labs Shigaraki DAC is very, very nice. ;-)
Above all else, make sure you have fun!