Mini Mac to work perfectly with ROON and sound quality? [Staged]

[orgel (David Orgel)]

By the way, my files are HR and I intend to use a Mini Mac connected to my Devialet by USB. What are the minimum systems requirements for the Mini Mac to work perfectly with ROON and sound quality?

It depends on what you’re doing with DSP, and to a lesser extent, the size of your library.

[wizardofoz (Mr Fix It aka The Wiz)]

If the mini is your core then you need to have things like ssd storage i3/5 processor etc. if it’s just running as a bridge then any old macmini will be fine

[Neil_Lavitt]

I have a i5 8Gb with a hybrid SSD/HDD drive and it works fantastically - even HD audio.

[jazthedj]

Copy that, you don’t need much to run Roon. A solid state drive is nice It’s not really nesassary and a waste of money if your going to store music on it. I’m feeding my 2011 MacMini with music via a FireWire 800 external 3TB drive.