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Mac Server vs. Wadia/iPod combo

Friends,

Assume a digital system with an Empirical Audio Pacecar USB converter and jitter reducer, and a Berkeley Alpha DAC. If only using 16/44.1 material, does a Mac-based music server have any advantage over a Wadia 170/iPod combination feeding the Pacecar/Alpha? If so, why, and are there only particular Mac configurations that can better the Wadia/iPod combination.

Thanks in advance for any information you can provide.

Jeff
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Tbg,

Thanks for the suggestion. I will look into that.

Additional information: all files on the server or iPod are ripped from CD as uncompressed files. The Berkeley does not have an USB input. It has Toslink, SP/DIF and AES/EBU inputs. The DAC is optimized for the AES/EBU interface.

Jeff
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