Music quality from Minimserver on a PC

[simoncn]

Your system is different from the setup dicussed in the other thread. You are using a wi-fi connection to send the audio data stream across the network and you are using an optical connection to the DAC. Both of these provide isolation from any electrical noise or jitter that might be generated by the PC running MinimServer. I use optical Ethernet connections in my network and I have found this makes a very significant improvement to sound quality.

The system described in the other thread uses electrical Ethernet connections which can transmit electrical noise and jitter. Your setup doesn't have this issue and running MinimServer on a NAS would probably not improve sound quality for you.

Another difference between your system and the system discussed in the other thread is that the other system uses a USB-attached external drive for the music library and your system uses the PC hard drive for the music library.

More generally, every system is different and there is no simple formula for how to improve sound quality. MinimServer can run on a PC in systems where this the best approach and it can run on a NAS in systems where this the best approach. The other server programs discussed in the other thread (Audirvana and JRiver) cannot run on a NAS and this limits the options available when these server programs are being used.