25-Oct-2018, 00:35
(24-Oct-2018, 21:56)Pim Wrote:(24-Oct-2018, 21:31)David A Wrote:(24-Oct-2018, 20:49)audio_engr Wrote: Just now got the Roon Nucleus with an iPad 6th Gen. Ditched the Macbook Air.
What a difference it made ...
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- - I have the Roon Nucleus Ethernet going into a switch. The music files are on an Ext HDD plugged into Roon Nucleus using USB.
- - I have my WiFi Router going into the switch using ethernet.
- - I have my 440-Pro CI going into the switch using Ethernet [AQ Diamond].
Earlier, I had my Macbook Air direct to 440-Pro CI using an AQ Diamond.
How can I achieve a direct cooection of the Roon Nucleus to the 440-Pro CI using just one Ethernet cable, i.e. AQ Diamond ?
Is there a way to get rid of the switch ? My music files are on an External HDD plugged into the Roon Nucleus using USB.
Some servers (Innuos, Antipodes CX and EX, maybe others) have 2 ethernet ports. one for connection to your LAN and one for connection to an end point which in your case would be the Devialet. They let you do what you want.
Unfortunately the Nucleus only has one ethernet port like my Antipodes DS. Roon needs an internet connection so you need to connect that port your LAN which is what connection to your switch does, and that means you can't connect it directly to the Devialet because the Devialet doesn't provide an internet connection to any device connected to it via ethernet. That means you, and I with my Antipodes DS, are stuck with having to connect both our server and our amp to a switch. We need something that allows Roon to connect to the internet and also to pass music to our amps and since we only have 1 ethernet port on our respective servers the only device I'm aware of that can function in that way is an ethernet switch.
How about using a USB to Ethernet adaptor like this one on the incoming side?
https://www.mwave.com.au/product/startec...gzEALw_wcB
Roon Nucleus has only 1 Ethernet. And 2 USB 3.0
If I were to incorporate the USB-to-ETH converter, I would use it on the Roon Nucleus's USB and connect the Router to this. That would leave me the main Ethernet to feed the Devialet.
Will this work ?
Roon Nucleus w/ Hypsos PSU & AQ Tornado + Roon RAAT > AQ Diamond ETH > etherREGEN using SFP + Hypsos PSU | CEC TL-5 CD Transport + AQ Z3 + 3 x Orea Indigo > AQ Diamond AES/EBU
Devialet 440-Pro CI > AQ Wel Sig RCA-XLR | 6 x Orea Bronze, 2 x Synergistic Research Atmosphere PC | B&W 802 D3 {Bi-wired} > AQ WEL Signature (Biwire)
REL G1-Mk2 pair | PS Audio PP 12 + AQ NRG-1000 | Puritan GroundMaster + RouteMaster | SAM DISABLED - DPM OFF - Northern Virginia - US
