The advantage of the 2009 is that there's no internal power mod needed whereas there is with the 2010 and 2011. But what are the reasons for the 2011 being better?
Sonic differences between Mac Mini 2009 and 2010?
Hi, I'm wondering if any one has compared a Mac Mini 2010 to Mac Mini 2009. My audio buddy and I A and B'd a 2010 Mac Mini vs. a 2009 Mac Mini. Both were running Snow Leopard and Pure Music identically configured. Both were running off of nearly identical Bolder Cable Linear Power supplies. All cables were identical. Both have SSD and 8gb of RAMBoth went into the same DAC, amp, speaker etc. The results clearly showed that the 2009 sounded far better: more air, bigger soundstage, more detail, more dynamic. Since I own the 2010 and my buddy owns the 2009, I was not exactly elated at the results. Wayne from Bolder suggests the difference has to be in the computer. I don't know what differences there could be. Any one have any ideas? Thanks.