M4 Pro Mac mini

jussi_laako · January 10, 2025, 6:35pm

Yes I did try, at least it didn’t work in this test setup over WiFi to a NAA (DSD256 does work). I cannot obviously test it with locally USB connected DAC…

Nick_Simanteris · January 10, 2025, 6:44pm

Thanks so much for the data. I think I’ll wait for some feedback on the M4 Pro since I would like to upsample to 512. My plan is to leave Roon running on the Mac Mini M1 and purchase another Mac for HQP. Everything will run wired ethernet.

I have the Holo Spring 3 L2 that should arrive by the end of January so I hope to have everything in place by then.

jussi_laako · January 10, 2025, 9:24pm

What I’ve seen reports, the 14 core M4Pro does roughly same as my M1Max. So DSD512 should work at least with default filters and ASDM7EC-light. Maybe also with some heavier settings. Of course using NAA to work around the CoreAudio DoP limitations.

Nick_Simanteris · January 10, 2025, 10:26pm

Thanks Jussi. I have the Holo Red as my NAA.

I may also consider a Mac Studio M1 Max used.