You'll need to buy a Mini TOSINK cable and run that into your Denon's optical input. It's the same output where the headphone jack is located. There are a couple of different routes and they will all cost you some bucks:ġ.) Use the Mini-Mac's digital output. I would take HDMI out of the audio equation. Generally not a good option for dedicated 2-channel audio output because HDMI was designed to carry a bunch of other signals and data. There are a tons of tips and tweaks out there for optimizing iTunes and your Mac's various settings for audio playback that can have a big impact. Does this sound like a reasonable conclusion? Is HDMI particularly susceptible to adding jitter? Do you think it would be worth looking into a USB to S/PDIF converter and a DAC? Is there another possible cause that I should examine? :-)Īnyway, my best guess at the moment as to what is causing this mushiness that I am hearing is that there is too much jitter in the signal from the Mac Mini to the Denon. But now I'm terrified that I'm starting down the road that leads to buying $1,000 speaker cables. I am not much of an audiophile and didn't set up this stereo system with high quality in mind. I played the same CD on a Blu Ray player that connected to the Denon via HDMI and I believe it sounded very slightly mushier than through the standard DVD player. There is a sort of "mushiness" to the music that is not present if I play the original CD on a DVD player connected through the coaxial S/PDIF input to the Denon.
I am using an Apple Mac Mini to play Apple Lossless files ripped from CDs directly to a Denon AVR-3311CI amp through the HDMI cable.
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