10-Sep-2019, 12:45
(10-Sep-2019, 04:09)theking Wrote: Anyone can advise me what the options if I want to run Tidal/NAS on one application without adding computer on the chain?The reality of Roon is that you need some form of a computer (a NAS is a computer, too) to house its core: 1) a NUC, 2) a NUCleus (customized NUC from Roon), a PC/Mac device or a powerful NAS, which, I believe, is not the preferred location according to Roon.
If you want an inexpensive route, you can build your own NUC with the excellent instructions (and links to buy the correct products) from Roon.
If you want one-stop shopping, you can purchase a Nucleus or Nucleus+ from Roon.
As others have pointed out on this thread, you may also use a PC or MAC device.
Finally, you could upgrade your NAS to match the requirements for Roon, which would give you one fewer box in the chain.
Devialet Expert 220 Pro Kinki EX-M7 power amp tethered to a fiber-fed Lumin X1 streamer via Grimm XLRs, Vivid B1 Decade speakers in Rosso Barchetta red (only 200 produced in a limited edition), Roon Nucleus with a Samsung 860 EVO 2TB SSD, etherREGEN switch fed by a Sonore opticalModule (and Sonore-supplied transceivers and 1M optical cable) with a SOtM dCBL-Cat7 cable to my Nucleus and a DH Labs Reunion Cat8 to my Lumin T2 streamer, Keces P8 linear power supply feeding a (to come) NUC and EtherREGEN switch with an external AfterDark OCXO clock., and opticalModule (5V/1A), AudioQuest Niagara 1000 power conditioner, ASI LiveLine loom (purchased directly from Franck Tchang when I lived in France), Less Loss Firewall for Speakers and Roon lifetime license with Tidal streaming.
