Since the Mac Mini has and optical out can it be connected directly to a pace-car with toslink? Would this surpass the usb offramp as is the case of the AE to pace-car? If so, I might just skip the usb off ramp and get a pace-car. I believe the mac mini is not limited to 44.1 kHz via the optical out. I could be wrong. This seems to be a more viable solution to my needs.
Thanks.
Brian