More Roon Questions


I’m going to ask a late question. This topic was talked about last week, but I need a little more info. I have this Lyngdorf MP-40 that is Roon ready. It’s headed my way from Denmark and will have it Friday. I’d like to go ahead and buy a Nucleus. From all the previous discussions last week I have settled on that route, along with Qubuz. My question is about these TB SSD cards. I am starting from scratch. I have no files or such to insert. I will be streaming from Qubuz, through the Nucleus to the Lyndorf. At least that’s how I understand it. I have never streamed before, I’m a shiny disc guy. Can’t I just stream through the Qubuz/Nucleus/Lyngdorf and call it a day? Lets say I want to listen to Dark Side of the Moon... Is it easier to grab the album from a pre downloaded file off of the SSD card than it is to just stream it off of Qubuz? What advantage is pre downloading it? Quicker ? Is it that much of a hassle to find it on Qubuz and getting it playing? I guess I just don’t get the process, but I know you guys will. Please explain in laymen’s terms ..
The reason I ask is because the standard Nucleus comes without any TB SSD (and what the heck does that stand for). The Cards are 400 dollars for a 2TB SSD, and I like to know what the 400 dollars extra gets me ..
nitrobob
I’d suggest trying to stream to the Lyngdorf without the Nucleus first. For all but rare recordings, you might find most of the desired music available via stream. For those few recordings you might have not available via streaming, you can still play them  the old fashioned way, with the thought that such content might eventually be available via streaming service. While streaming content might not sound quite as good, you might find the difference not worth the extra expense or effort. If you find the direct streaming sound quality unsatisfactory, you can always add the Nucleus with ss drive storage and spend the time loading it with your musical library or when critical listening time comes, just play back the old fashioned way, which might or might not ( I know redundant, but point to be made) sound better than from hard drive.
 One caveat: gapless playback of Classical music can be somewhat finicky via direct streaming.
The thing about streaming services is that their license for a particular artist or body of work comes and goes.  Kind of how things are always showing up and disappearing on Netflix.

The other thing is reliability.  The local file will never suffer from the same kind of network outages and jitter issues of streaming nor the Wifi streaming issues we encounter in a congested area.

Having said that, about 70% of the music I listen to is streamed. I still on occasion buy files, especially DSD's from

https://bluecoastrecords.com/

which is another reason, AFAIK there is no DSD streaming service since the files are too big.

So I do think local storage for purchased music is useful for me I barely use 500Gigs.

Best

Erik
^ I don’t believe either the Lyngdorf or the Nucleus have a wireless option.
Thanks for the enlightenment . You sold me as soon as a couple of you said most music sounds better after copied and replayed. Coming from CD’s and DVD’s I’m wanting to not take steps back in Sound Quality. Being penny wise and dollar foolish is not my way. And I did not think about the play list varying as licenses come and go. At least that’s how (again) I understand what you have said. I missed out on the 1 free TB as that special purchase ended, so I just ordered a 2TB SSD option Nucleus this afternoon. I should be trying all this in a week or so.
Enjoy! Though the opinion of copied sounding better has as many arguing that the original disc play back sounds best.