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CD Players, Digital Music & Servers Aurender, dCs, Esoteric, Lumin. |
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I Love Roon But... No Wallwart Thank You Very Much
So I have had a Aurender music server which sounded great but I like Roon better than the Conductor app. . I can play my other zones (have 5) with Roon which I can’t do with the Conductor app. Roon is more engaging at finding new music to me. The Roon Nucleus plus with a wall wart power supply just seems like a not very audiophile solution . I know I can add a linear power supply and then add a internal hard drive, this just seems putting lipstick on a pig, right? The Aurender is built much better than the Roon Nucleus +. I know about Silenzo which people love and is built like a tank. Any other suggestions out there. I am enjoying using my Mac mini as a Roon Core but have to say the processor is slow by today’s standards as it’s a i5 from 2011.
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When you run the OSX Activity Monitor, what percentage of the CPU capacity are you utilizing? I’m running my Roon core on a Mac Mini with no issues at all.
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There are many options. Sonictransporter from Small Green Computer, Sonore UltraRendu, Auralic, Linn, etc. check the Roon Labs “partners” page for a list of the various manufacturers that make Roon compatible DACs and servers.
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Im intrigued by what I’ve read about Innuos (not heard, but on the list). May not have the Roon oomph you seek. |
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The new Mac Mini have Quad and 6 Core CPU with up to 4.6GHz which is way more than you would ever need for a Roon core.
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This may end up being my best option , I’ll have to configure one and see the price. You don’t hear about too many people making Mac mini into dedicated music servers these days. I thought about upgrading to 8 gig of ram as mine is only 6 gig. and putting a ssd hd in to replace the mechanical one but then I think putting money into a 8 year old machine doesn’t make sense. |
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Whether the Roon core actually benefits from massive cpu power and memory above and beyond the “reasonable” is a different question. Still, if you are spending money, it would probably be money better spent for a new machine that will last you another 10 years at least |
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A good reasonably priced USB server for Roon would be the Antipodes S30 or K21 servers/players. Furthermore you can use the Squeezebox player apps option with Toon server apps.
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