Estimated price (community-sourced)
About the Legacy Mac Mini DSD
The Empirical Audio Legacy Mac Mini DSD refers to Empirical Audio’s recommended late-2009 Apple Mac mini source configured for computer-audio playback, especially as a USB digital source for high-end DACs and DSD-capable systems. Empirical Audio specifically identified the late 2009 Mac mini with SSD and at least 4 GB of RAM as the best USB source they had found. It was used as a low-jitter computer audio transport for PCM and DSD playback workflows, typically feeding Empirical Audio components or other external DACs over USB, Ethernet, coax, or I2S depending on the interface configuration.
Specifications
Digital Audio
DAC capabilities and digital audio processing
- Bit Depth
- 24-bit
- Max Sample Rate
- 192 kHz
- MQA Support
- No
Connectivity
Input and output connections
- Bluetooth
- No
- Wi-Fi
- No
- Ethernet
- No
- Digital Inputs
- USB, SPDIF, Toslink, I2S
- Analog Outputs
- balanced, unbalanced
Never published
- Analog Output — the maker never published this. Checked 15 sources on 7 Sept 2026
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