I use Roon on my Mac. My music is on an external hard drive connected with the Lightning cable. The PS Audio DAC in the main music room has the Bridge II and is on the network. In the computer room, the headphone system uses a Hugo 2 DAC connected by USB to the Mac. I’m wondering is there any rea…

Signature > Shunyata Sigma USB > Matrix > RAL HDMI > DSD The Matrix is powered at 9 volts from an Sbooster + Ultra MKII

Congrats on the Sonore and good to hear you like it! You and I have a very similar set up (Signature Rendu, EtherRegen, Matrix, etc), it’s a lot of boxes but so enjoyable to listen to imo. The Innuos was really good especially in experimental mode but also too flaky in that mode. Once I knew how go…

Since the last two Firmware Updates the Innuos isn’t flaky in the UPNP (experimental) mode anymore. It works like a charm and I canceled my Roon subscription.

I found a used UltraRendu and UltraDigital. We’ll give them a try and see if they beat the Bridge II or not. With those 2 items supposedly isolating any noise on the line, I’m thinking it may not be necessary to get a Nucleus, Sonic Transporter or some other type of music server?

[image] chris: It works like a charm and I canceled my Roon subscription. Can you elaborate? Is it that you are playing only local files and Roon is overkill since you’re not streaming? Or are you using the Innuos to both stream and organize your library without Roon? (This might be obvious …

[image] Innuos Zenith mk3 Network Audio Hi Somppsa I have had the same experience as you and cancelled my Roon subscription. It’s a fantastic software solution, but it sounds so much worse with my Innuos ZEN MK3 that I had to make a decision. The Innuos Update 1.4.4. whic…

The UR seems to be a multi-purpose streamer with a usb output and the UD simply converts usb to SPDIF or other digital connections. Nucleus just runs Roon (with usb output), Sonic Transporter runs Roon and other streaming services. As you were using usb storage attached to your Auralic, with Sonor…

What I don’t understand is that Roon suggest against a direct usb connection from Roon Core to DAC. However, that seems to be the main option with the Roon Nucleus if using it as a Core, as lots of people do. Whatever the reasons for any reduction in sound quality, apparently the sound can be improv…

Yes, it’s a shame, but most people seams to have no problems with it… What do you think, is ist better with ethernet than with USB or not?

Actually, no. My USB storage was never attached to the Auralic. It was plugged into my Mac as it still is today.

Should I get a Roon Nucleus?

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Should I get a Roon Nucleus?

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