I don’t want a computer, I want a dedicated music server. Even a small 13″ laptop is huge, relative to what we have in mind for our project, and doubles in size when you open it up exposing the screen and keyboard. I nixed this choice immediately because of size. With the goal of a small, quiet, affordable, lightweight box without a keyboard, mouse or screen, the choices available to us narrow down quickly. Paul McGowan of PS Audio provides a thorough description of you can turn your Mac Mini into a music server for your DSD, WAV, FLAC and other files.