Roon Nucleus as a Streamer

adasdad  Great post, thanks, but I'm I ready this correctly? You and your dealer are using the Nucleus only, as a music server, then I presume, USB to your DAC and that's it?

@navyachts I'm not the previous poster, but I use my Nucleus exactly as you described it.  Ethernet connection to the nucleus.  My DAC (which is NOT Roon Ready) connects to it via USB allowing me to stream to it using Roon.  I have two other systems connected to Roon with the Nucleus sitting on my network and handling Core duties.  This allows me to use Ethernet to connect my two other systems instead of a USB connection.

big_greg - Thanks Greg. I tried to pull up your system, but it wouldn't load for me? I just wanted to check it out.

Off the subject, when you reply on these thread how do you get the @ in front of the members handle when you reply, like this:

@big_greg

I do like the idea of SGC option as the Sonic Transporter is a Roon core, that allows you to connect optically to your DAC rather than USB, thus giving you complete galvanic isolating, in turn giving you the best black background, I would think.

This is a much more costly option than Nucleus direct to DAC. Without out hearing it first, I'm not sure if it's worth the additional costs. Maybe more money should be spent on a better quality DAC?

@navyachts 

big_greg - Thanks Greg. I tried to pull up your system, but it wouldn't load for me? I just wanted to check it out.

Off the subject, when you reply on these thread how do you get the @ in front of the members handle when you reply, like this:

@big_greg

I don't have a virtual system.  I've thought about it, but never find time.  Not to mention I have 4 systems and rotate a lot of gear through the main system, so I'd constantly be updating.  That has slowed down, so maybe someday...

Here's the digital part of my system - 

Roon Nucleus

Aqua La Voce S3 DAC

Connected to a Herron Audio VTSP-360 preamp, Ampzilla 2000 Second Edition monoblock amps, KEF Reference 1 speakers.

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