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You may also want to consider getting Tidal, which works flawlessly with Roon and the BDP, and has a huge database of music. My music collection is barely a hundred CDs, but with Tidal I have tens if not hundreds of thousands of albums, for twenty bucks a month.
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Roon-ready only means that the device can work with Roon. However in order to use Roon with the BDP3 you must first have the Roon Core software installed in a computer. Nucleus+ is a computer that runs Roon Core. You could chose to run Roon Core in other computers like a PC or Mac. So you need Roon Core running in a computer and you also need Roon-Ready devices. Last edited by nicoff; 09-19-2018 at 11:46 AM. |
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Just to clarify, Nucleus is a computer, that is, hardware. Roon itself is software. You can install and run Roon Core in a Nucleus machine. However, Nucleus per se does not make Roon Core run any better than other computers like PC, Mac, or Linux machines. To use Roon, you have to run Roon Core in a computer AND you also need a Roon-Ready device that communicates with the Roon Core software. Roon-Ready devices comunicate with Roon Core via Ethernet or Wi-Fi. Last edited by nicoff; 09-19-2018 at 12:46 PM. |
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I need to have a computer running ROON to do its stuff. The BDP3 in turn takes this stuff and shoots it to an iPad. Net result is a whole lot of enhanced liner note stuff. With Tidal for $20 a month, there are 1000's of albums available playing at CD quality. Is this the basic idea?
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Then, I can have ROON on a MacBook pro and control the BDP from the same laptop? Or does ROON need to be on a separate computer?
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But I think you want the main software to be hardwired to your network. I'm pretty new at this, and I know only what's working for me. I'm just not sure if you can get Roon to work only on a laptop. Perhaps Nicoff can chime in with better info for you. Or, go to their website. there's an active forum there, and lots of FAQs. As for me, my Nucleus+ arrives tomorrow. I think the more dedicated a computer you have to host the main software the better. But I've been quite happy with the iMac/ MacBook combo until now. I think you can get a free trial of roon and Tidal for 2 weeks or a month. I recommend you check that out.
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You can also install the Roon Remote App in portable devices (mobile phone, tablet) or another computer and control the BDP from there as well. I have six (6) Roon-Ready devices in my system. I can control all of them from the computer running Roon Core. But I also installed the Roon Remote App in my iPhone, my iPad, an Android Pad, and an iMac desktop. That way I can also control all six (6) Roon-Ready devices with my portable devices and my iMac desktop computer. I can play different music to each of my 6 Roon-Ready devices simultaneously. I can also play the same music to all Roon-Ready devices at the same time (this is handy if one wants to have the same music playing around the house). In my experience, I saw no difference in SQ when using Roon via Wi-Fi or via ethernet cable as long as your Wi-Fi signal is strong. However if the Wi-Fi signal is weak, you may experience drop outs and require an ethernet cable for best results. I subscribe to Tidal and highly recommend it for use with Roon. With Tidal you have immediate access to over 30 million tracks. To me, Tidal and Roon make an ideal match. Last edited by nicoff; 09-20-2018 at 11:17 AM. |
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