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Amplifier & Mac mini 2014

The late 2014 Mac Mini has a combined analog/digital audio out jack. An alternative to using a standard analog cable is to use a digital cable so that the digital to analog converters on your amp are utilized instead of having it done inside the Mini. It's likely the converters on your nice Rotel amp are better than the ones in the Mini.

Play high sample rate digital audio on Mac computers - Apple Support

The audio hardware in some MacBook Pro, Mac Pro, and iMac computers supports 176.4 kHz and 192 kHz digital audio when connected using optical output.
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You didn't say what kind of cable you're using so perhaps you're already doing this.
 
Absolutely.

I’m using this cable : https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B07KWRLJBL/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I will use the mini with Roon. There is new version coming up soon, it looks great already, although speaker placement can be better:

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Actually, should I upgrade to Mojave? I need to put qBittorent but it’s not compatible with Sierra.
 
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