Please Explain Roon RAAT

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We know nothing about the sound quality of the CI board yet. We may find that the AES input of the Devialet is improved with the CI or maybe it's not...
With a Mutec REF 10 on the dCS Bridge I am sure it will sound stellar. Comparing mR/Mutec MC3 and Roon/AIR there is actually quite a big difference; the mR/Mutec is much better. A REF 10 on the MC3 is a dream, but the REF10 is unfortunately too expensive for me. Even if RAAT is better than Roon's AIR implementation the CI board would need a real reclocker to compete with the Mutec or dCS. And, as you say, the CI board does not even have a word clock input.

You have made things very simple for me ... a BIG Thank you !!  

Question : I was looking at the sonicTransporter i5 w/ int SSD for running Roon Server. I also see Roon coming up with Roon Nucleus servers and am looking at their Nucleus+ which is an i7 and w/ int SSD. What's your hunch between the TWO ?
The idea is to use it for streaming to dCS.