07-Aug-2025, 23:33
Your challenge there is with the Nucleus (and Roon) as they don't support Dirac at all.
It may sound a bit discouraging but you could buy a cheap Mac Mini and run Dirac on it as a plugin or standalone app. In this way you can keep using Roon (running on Mini) and you have the full resolution Dirac solution.
If the Nucleus is an important component you don't want to give up on you can go with Minidsp SDH Studio (https://www.minidsp.com/products/streami...shd-studio) but it won't give you full 24bit/192KHz Dirac capability, it will be limited to 24bit/96KHz (but maybe this is fine because if I recall correctly the Phantoms don't go beyond 24/96 anymore)
It may sound a bit discouraging but you could buy a cheap Mac Mini and run Dirac on it as a plugin or standalone app. In this way you can keep using Roon (running on Mini) and you have the full resolution Dirac solution.
If the Nucleus is an important component you don't want to give up on you can go with Minidsp SDH Studio (https://www.minidsp.com/products/streami...shd-studio) but it won't give you full 24bit/192KHz Dirac capability, it will be limited to 24bit/96KHz (but maybe this is fine because if I recall correctly the Phantoms don't go beyond 24/96 anymore)
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