I agree. I’ve only seen the exploded view, but it appears to be more gamer-ish looking than audiophile. But then again, I think a lot of high end audiophile gear is UGLY. that others with deep pockets obviously don’t.
Funny thing is, Roon have always insisted that the digital network side makes no difference in sound, yet this seems pointed exactly at those people who insist it does and will spend $$ on it. But for this price, I would highly consider just getting a maxed PC or Mac Mini/Studio and have change to spare. At least with those, they would retain some resale price.
But I guess they are competing with the likes of SonicTransporters, though as we don’t know the specs, and just about anything they put inside will be ‘better performance than the previous generation’ (considering it was 7i3 or 7i7 not saying much). Question is, how much better? 8th gen? 12th gen?