Are There Roon Ready I2S Streamers?

my 2c. Maybe it is worth just what you pay for it. The bashing of USB is by people trying to sell you something else, and their customers and fans repeating it without real knowlege. I just bought a $4700 streamer. It feeds a $13000 DAC. I haven’t even investigated if any other connections are availabe. the quality equipment manages the usb connection properly.

I do recommend the audioquest carbon usb cable. silver plated. Digital may be a place where the higher conductivity of silver works great. I was stuck with a generic one for several days waiting for the cable to show up. Huge difference.

Jerry

PS just checked and my innuos streamer supports only USB out.

If you're over budget, I highly recommend the Allo USBridge Signature with Shanti power supply.  I would sell mine but I guess I'll move it to my second system.

I too used a Nuc for my core, I7 6 cores, maybe the same one you are using.  I installed the Roon core inside of the windows environment that came with it and set it to autoload on reboot.  Sometimes it doesn't reload and I have to take the nuc into my office and hook it up to a monitor to sort it out.  Pain in the rear.  So I'm going to install the ROCK this week and that should fix it.

I was using another nuc as an exdpoint before I bought the USBridge, and it had the same problem.  Dedicated components, not running windows, is the way to go.

Jerry