OSX

A couple of year ago OSX audio was an oasis.
You started iTunes and pressed play.
Today all kind of audio player software is available.
Often it does automatic sample rate switching.
Tweaking the OS by disabling processes, HOG mode, etc.
They claim to sound better than iTunes.
All the tweaks and accompanying claimsso common in the PC wordl now come to the Apple world.
Goodbye oasis.

MacMini

The MacMini is a popular platform for a music server.

Mach2 Music offers upgrades.

$1495.00 buy you a new MacMini with their software mods.

For $399 only, they run their optimizing scripts.

The spikes you have to supply yourself.

Some user experience.

Beyond bit perfect: The importance of the Player Software And MAC OS X Playback Integer
Mode - Damien Plisson, Audirvana developer