I was thinking of running optical ethernet to replace my cat 5 wire from NAS to my stereo (about 50 feet). I was looking for a ethernet to fiber box times 2 and some optical fiber. This would isolate the PSAudio DAC from my noisy computer etc. Well I called Small Green Computer and they are pushing …

I already have built up a NUC i7 from ROON’s recommendation list running there ROCK operating system.I believe they term this as the core so the Allo DigiOne Signature Player which I believe is built on the Pi3 foundation would be unasary.Thanks for your input in helping me through this decision ma…

The NUC is the Roon Core. The Allo would be the Roon Endpoint. In other words, the two perform very different functions in the Roon world. The Roon folks believe, and my experience agrees with them, that the best way to get great sound is to keep the Roon Core and Roon Endpoint separate.

Just beginning this journey into building a digital storage/streaming/curating/ripping and interfacing all of the different pieces to make it all come together.In which case I already have the beginnings which I believe the NUC i7 would comprise of and the end point being a Directstream DAC. It’s th…

Thanks for your response.I am leaning more into taking your direction I already have a sbooster 9VDC power supply that I got for my Koss 950 energizer that could multi task in powering the Matrix as well when not serving headphone duties.and as for remote duties I as well have a BHK Preamp so that’s…

In the Roon world, the Endpoint is not the DAC. Here is my full chain: sonicTransporter i9 (Ethernet) > ultraRendu (USB) > Matrix SPDIF 2 (I2S) > DirectStream (XLR) > Don Sachs Model 2 tube line stage (SE) > Don Sachs Kootenay 120 tube amp > Tekton Design Double Impact speakers The Roon Core is t…

A friend with an Antipode CX/EX+P2 setup recently tested a sonicTransporter i9 Optical/opticalRendu setup. His plan was to sell the setup he likes least. He just sold the Antipode setup… Sure, the chain I use has two linear power supplies, the server, the endpoint, and the Matrix SPDIF 2. but is F…

jhead4, if you do end up going down the Matrix path I would recommend this inexpensive HDMI cable: https://www.ebay.com/itm/OneConvey-High-Speed-4K-HDMI-Cable-Dark-Gray/324194054787?hash=item4b7b78b283:g:BkkAAOSwvppe4Pkl Bootzilla turned us on to this one and said that the folks at Matrix recommend…

Thanks for the reply.I as well seen that the OneConvey was not available at this time on Amazon looking at the internal cut away and the construction it appears to me to be made very well and I would not hesitate to say on the surface to say that it give’s you a lot for the money.I did find a pretty…

This is the HDMI cable I ended up with (.75 meter): https://www.thecableco.com/c-view-hdmi.html It has been fantastic.

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chris_y July 4, 2020, 2:28am 31

I’ll link my recent mini review of the Antipodes EX endpoint / renderer with P2 HDMI output. Expensive but worth it my view to avoid all these boxes and power supplies (which add up). Compatible I2S source devices

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