I own two C2Duo minis, one of them got a treatment where I upgraded the CPU to 2.33Ghz if I recall correct, just for the fun of it but they both sit unused and thought to use one, maybe by upgrading to an SSD, as a media server for both audio (mainly .FLAC) and movies (which are actually streamed through a NAS).
Is there a way to connect the Mini straight to the HI-FI (which I'd do either through USB to a DAC or through RCA out to a LINE IN onto a preamp) without to have to use a screen to access the content? The ones I own don't have an HDMI out to connect it to the TV screen and as such I don't want to complicate things but rather simplify other than the NAS (which I access through an ATV4 and Infuse as a streamer for video but don't use for FLAC since I don't know of any streamer for audio not to mention I read that it would downsample the bitrate).
Any hint welcome
Grazie
Is there a way to connect the Mini straight to the HI-FI (which I'd do either through USB to a DAC or through RCA out to a LINE IN onto a preamp) without to have to use a screen to access the content? The ones I own don't have an HDMI out to connect it to the TV screen and as such I don't want to complicate things but rather simplify other than the NAS (which I access through an ATV4 and Infuse as a streamer for video but don't use for FLAC since I don't know of any streamer for audio not to mention I read that it would downsample the bitrate).
Any hint welcome
Grazie