Do you need a Roon Ready device to stream Roon?

To make it even more fun for you the easiest way to control roon core and endpoint is through a third device like a tablet which runs the roon interface. The tablet needs to be on the same network and this is where you’ll find and play your music and integrate with Tidal or Qobuz.

@djones51 Absolutely hilarious. Thanks for the laughter and smiles 😂

I’m not sure I fully understand your question, but both the Roon Ready device and the Nucleus would need to be connected to ethernet on the same router (or at least the same network) to see each other.

This is not correct. Your Hegel receives the stream from the Roon Nuc through the USB interconnect. The Roon Nuc hosts the Roon Core and also serves as the streamer from your wifi router.

The cables you need are ethernet from wifi router to Roon Nuc (or you can connect by wifi) and a USB cable from the Roon Nuc to the Hegel.

To control the Roon Nuc (streamer) you download a free app to your tablet or phone which you use to browse, search, select music to play, read metadata, etc.. Your tablet or phone connects to your wifi router by wifi.

It’s really not complicated at all. If you get a Roon Nuc, just follow the setup instructions and you’ll be listening in no time.

@tomcy6 - @hudsonhawk was referring to a scenario with a router > Ethernet connected to Nucleus and a certified Roon endpoint connected via Ethernet from the router. I just lost site of the fact that Ethernet data flows bi-directionally. How a Nuc feeds data to a dac via usb wasn’t in question. I was just bringing up USB to confirm that a Roon could be operated on a non-Roon certified feed via usb from the nucleus. Anyways, sorry to consume time on such elementary concepts.