I use an Intel i7 NUC running Roon Rock with both Tidal, Qobuz, and a large NAS drive. This is connected via my Ethernet network to the Bridge II on my PS Audio Directstream DAC. Works almost perfectly with my iPad Pro. Only issue is occasionally the iPad Pro Roon software freezes and requires reloading. Maybe one time every few weeks. No such issues at all with the DAC, NUC, or NAS drive. Very similar to the Roon Nucleus Plus, without an internal music hard drive, which I could easily add to the NUC at anytime. Right now I use my Windows Computer to transfer CD’s to my NAS drive. Total cost of assembly was approximately $450 including tax. Great investment. Base upon my Roon Rock experience, I am certain you will really enjoy your Roon Nucleus Plus.
Ordered a Roon Nucleus Plus
I've been using a robust Windows10 Pro Dell laptop (with an external USB connected hard drive) for streaming and storing my CD quality and abover AIFF files. I have the Tidal Windows app and the Roon core running on this machine. As more and more updates are pushed out to that machine, it's streaming performance has suffered, mainly some process I can't identify seems to temporarily pause it's connectivity to the network. Since that machine runs Windows, which has all sorts of processes running not related to music delivery, I decided to "take the plunge" and yesterday ordered a Roon Nucleus Plus.
I'll typically have the external hard drive connected to the Nucleus, but when I purchase new music will connect it to the Dell to store the files on the drive, and back the files up to the cloud.
I've had really good luck running Roon, the program seems really stable, and the sound quality is excellent. Wish me luck making the transition!
I'll typically have the external hard drive connected to the Nucleus, but when I purchase new music will connect it to the Dell to store the files on the drive, and back the files up to the cloud.
I've had really good luck running Roon, the program seems really stable, and the sound quality is excellent. Wish me luck making the transition!