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Airport Extreme to DAC

I'm awaiting a new Ayre QB-9 USB this will be my first delve into digital music serving. I've read many threads and done the google searches etc. I'm leaning towards using a Mac mini to serve the DAC. I have a Mac desktop upstairs with my iTunes and media player already on it. I will also play around with Hi-Rez in the future. I use a airport extreme right now with wi-fi and a 1 TB hard drive. Airport extreme has a USB port on the back that is used for a printer. Could I set that Airport Extreme up in my rack and run the DAC using my iPad or iphone to controll the playlists?
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The USB port on the Airport Extreme is for printer or external hard drive support only, there's no audio output from it so you won't be able to do what you're describing.

The Airport Express has digital optical audio output but your DAC doesn't have optical input so that's not a solution, either.
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