That’s not to say that one should buy an AV receiver for this purpose alone. For example, Onkyo TX-NR585 ($380) which was recommended by CNET. Likewise, a lot of AV receivers come with Spotify Connect these days.
I haven’t tested it or listened to it myself but the first and only review I checked was favorable.
It’s a little Spotify Connect enabled box that you plug your speakers into and it has a price tag of about 140 EUR in Europe ($160). Even more power saved when streaming Netflix / Amazon Prime on Apple TV vs in Chrome on the Mac Mini (and up to 4k vs 720p on Chrome).Īlternatively you could buy something like the Yamaha MusicCast WXAD-10. Assuming the power usage difference is higher when actually playing/streaming music (given how bloated iTunes has become).ģ. Electricity prices are likely to increase in the next decade.Ģ. At roughly $0.20/kWh the 32GB Apple TV 4k ($179) would pay for itself in just over 11 years. Apple TV at idle (2w) vs 2012 Mac Mini at idle (11w) = 9w difference. I'm always curious if an Apple TV would basically pay for itself over a few years with reduced power consumption vs having Mini with an 12TB external dual-drive running 24/7 (the drives do spin down on their own though).Įdit2: I did some rough math. But it's set to never sleep because it sometimes doesn't wake up properly. For the last 16 years I've used some kind of Mac hooked up to a stereo receiver as a media server and had a similar concern.įor music, the Mac Mini is used headless via screensharing. Not sure why this was downvoted as it's a valid issue.
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