23-Feb-2023, 09:02
I would argue that @audio_engr's Nucleus is the streamer for grammatical reasons.
The suffix "er" after a noun indicates something that pereforms an action related to the noun it follows. Killers kill and streamers stream. A streamer allows you to initiate connections to a source of files, choose the files you wish to play, and direct those files to the device which is going to process the digital stream. The "streaming" board in the Dev receives streams but it doesn't control them or direct them elsewhere. It performs none of the control functions associated with a streamer.
When @audio_engr streams music from his own music library he uses Roon control software to connect with the Roon core software running on his Nucleus and that core will connect the drive on which his music is stored and stream the chosen music to his Dev. If he uses Tidal or Qobuz then he will also be using the same software and his Roon Core on the Nucleus to connect to the Tidal/Qobuz server and direct the stream to his Dev. Along the way Rool will also use theNucleus' processor hardware to do things like converting PCM to DSD. The Devialet is simply the end point receiving the stream. That doesn't make it a streamer, it's not a doer but only a receiver.
If the Dev was a streamer it would provide a menu system of its own which allowed you to select and control the stream. It has no such menu system.
The suffix "er" after a noun indicates something that pereforms an action related to the noun it follows. Killers kill and streamers stream. A streamer allows you to initiate connections to a source of files, choose the files you wish to play, and direct those files to the device which is going to process the digital stream. The "streaming" board in the Dev receives streams but it doesn't control them or direct them elsewhere. It performs none of the control functions associated with a streamer.
When @audio_engr streams music from his own music library he uses Roon control software to connect with the Roon core software running on his Nucleus and that core will connect the drive on which his music is stored and stream the chosen music to his Dev. If he uses Tidal or Qobuz then he will also be using the same software and his Roon Core on the Nucleus to connect to the Tidal/Qobuz server and direct the stream to his Dev. Along the way Rool will also use theNucleus' processor hardware to do things like converting PCM to DSD. The Devialet is simply the end point receiving the stream. That doesn't make it a streamer, it's not a doer but only a receiver.
If the Dev was a streamer it would provide a menu system of its own which allowed you to select and control the stream. It has no such menu system.
Roon Nucleus+, Devialet Expert 140 Pro CI, Focal Sopra 2, PS Audio P12, Keces P8 LPS, Uptone Audio EtherREGEN with optical fibre link to my router, Shunyata Alpha NR and Sigma NR power cables, Shunyata Sigma ethernet cables, Shunyata Alpha V2 speaker cables, Grand Prix Audio Monaco rack, RealTRAPS acoustic treatment.
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