Good ups getting the paradesea+! I've read about it...very cool! Some guy on Audioasylum actually wrote that he prefers the paradesea+ to a Wavelength Cosecant, which is now sold. I noticed you also have, or had, an Opus 21 -- also very cool! I used that player for awhile and really loved it.
Anyway, I've used a couple of different Macbooks as music servers and I think a good rule of thumb is to get as much processor, along with the most memory you can afford. Aftermarket memory is your best bet for Apple.
I don't think it takes alot of computing power to stream the music, but once the system actually starts dealing with a huge music library, you can have slow downs and hiccups.
If it was me, and I might be getting a Mini here soon to replace the Macbook, I'd get at least an Intel Core Duo 1.8ghz with 1 GB of memory minimum with plans to go to 4gb eventually.
Let us know how you like the DAC once you get up and running...I'm very interested! Cheers!
Anyway, I've used a couple of different Macbooks as music servers and I think a good rule of thumb is to get as much processor, along with the most memory you can afford. Aftermarket memory is your best bet for Apple.
I don't think it takes alot of computing power to stream the music, but once the system actually starts dealing with a huge music library, you can have slow downs and hiccups.
If it was me, and I might be getting a Mini here soon to replace the Macbook, I'd get at least an Intel Core Duo 1.8ghz with 1 GB of memory minimum with plans to go to 4gb eventually.
Let us know how you like the DAC once you get up and running...I'm very interested! Cheers!