Advice on a new (old) mac mini

There’s a LOT to like about my apartment, a third-story midcentury beauty near the beach in LA. But the lifestyle comes with compromises… Unfortunately running ethernet to the stereo rack is one of them, and relocating the system is another.

Fwiw, experiments with my old (laptop) setup proved AirportEx Wifi > Ethernet > Laptop > USB > DAC sounds demonstrably better than Laptop Wifi > USB > DAC. (And so far, the mini seems more immune to occasional dropouts/instability than the laptop did.)

So while not ideal, wifi is really the only practical option for me, and I’m right now I’m getting satisfying sound (and domestic harmony) with the current setup.

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