I am looking to purchase a Roon Nucleus. Having read the Roon knowledge base, it suggests that If I add a USB DAC, (which I’d then connect to my pre amp) it will turn the Nucleus into a great server/music player. However, most of the dealers and those on various forums have told me that this setup …

Hiya Willk It’s never too late, especially for slight amendments.:smiley: Yesterday, my Nucleus and the Matrix X-Sabre Pro MQA DAC arrived. So I am taking the same route as you, and also that of many Roon Community members. I can, and probably will go down the power supply route in a few months ti…

Hi @DJM . I have little patience for cable voodoo & have never had any experience with “premium” cables other than hit-or-miss subtle changes in the the EQ. There are less expensive and more reliable ways of getting the latter than “premium” cables. I’m currently using the standard USB cable suppli…

With a little i3 NUC, a Chord Mojo, and a little 2Tb Samsung SSD I manage to get great sound out of my existing system. My Bluesound Vault 2i was great to have as I transferred 2500 CD’s to disk; it now serves as a great backup. The only thing I sometimes miss by bypassing a player is remote volume …

Bill…The NAS is on it’s last legs anyway. A new SSD will arrive next week, which I will put into the Nucleus. Just as a point of interest, why does the Nucleus hate the NAS?

Of coarse they would say that, they want to sell you something. My question to you is, are you strictly a digital guy or do you have an analog source too? If you are strictly digital, you don’t need a preamp, you can go straight from a quality dac to your amp. For your digital, you don’t want to u…

[image] maximasr: For your digital, you don’t want to use usb, it’s a flawed protocol. What flaws in the USB protocol are you referring to?

Yes, I’ve love to know the answer to that too? I use USB to my Chord M Scaler/TT2 with stunning results.

There can be issues in respect of specific USB DACs and galvanic isolation. For example, I achieved subtly better results by using a Gustard U12 between my sonore microRendu and my Chord Hugo1. I have since switched from the Hugo to a Mytek Brooklyn+ DAC, and no longer use the Gustard. I recall th…

The Hugo 2 isn’t galvanically isolated via USB. Only the Hugo TT’s are galvanically isolated, together with the Qutest, and DAVE & M Scaler, of course.

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Adding a high end DAC to Nucleus, is this all I need for a great setup?

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