Legacy Mac Mini DSD

About the Legacy Mac Mini DSD

The Empirical Audio Legacy Mac Mini DSD refers to Empirical Audio’s recommended late-2009 Apple Mac mini source configured for computer-audio playback, especially as a USB digital source for high-end DACs and DSD-capable systems. Empirical Audio specifically identified the late 2009 Mac mini with SSD and at least 4 GB of RAM as the best USB source they had found. It was used as a low-jitter computer audio transport for PCM and DSD playback workflows, typically feeding Empirical Audio components or other external DACs over USB, Ethernet, coax, or I2S depending on the interface configuration.