Question about feeding an OpticalRendu

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I’ve been very content with my streaming setup: Roon Nucleus+ through etherRegen reversed, an OpticalRendu, Matrix X SPDIF to the DSD Sr., with other boxes and bits along the way.

I’m wondering, though, what else could feed the OpticalRendu, if anything?

Let’s say the Nucleus+ took a dive one day; how else could I get a stream out to the stack, and what hardware would be necessary?

What if Roon went out? What then? How would I play, say, Qobuz from a MacBook out to the system?

Clearly I could get a spinner to cover any potential downtime, but the high cost, limited shelf space, and infrequent use makes that not very worthwhile.

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There are several apps that can run on the oR. Look at it’s Setup and then Apps. You should be able to discern from there a format you can use to stream to it.

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Thanks @vkennedy61 I’ll look into that. I didn’t recall such a setup from when I first installed it.

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You can switch to MPD/DLNA and run JRiver or Audirvana, etc. I switch back and forth (DLNA to Roon and back) all the time. JRiver for my collection and Roon/Qobuz for streaming. I switch back and forth 1/2 dozen times during a weekend of listening. Takes about 15 seconds to make the software switch.

Oops, sorry, not with a nucleus, you would need another networked computer to run DLNA.