Hi folks, I think Roon is amazing, so I am leaving JRiver behind and jumping in with both feet. I want to run the core on NAS. My current Qnap TS-251 is just about full of PC backups, videos, pictures, etc, so it’s time for a new NAS, and a good time to start on fresh hardware with Roon. I have been reading everything I can find to ensure I am doing this right, and hoping you experienced folks can review my intended setup to make sure I am starting right:
QNAP TVS-671 outfitted as follows:
-i3, 16G RAM, Bay 1-WD Blue 2.5" 250G SSD for the Roon DB, Bay 2/3-WD Red 6G drives in RAID1 mode, Bay 4-WD Red 6G drive for incremental backups. I have ~1TB of FLAC files that will also reside on these drives, of course.
My primary (and possibly only) output will be 3 DACs I have in my office(Marantz HD-DAC1, Oppo HA-1, and Oppo Sonica). Only one used at a given time. This setup will be for headphone listening, and maybe expanding later.
I am getting all the hardware this weekend, and initially I plan to attach to a given DAC via a Moon Audio Silver Dragon USB cable right off the QNAP NAS until I receive…
a SOTM SMS-200 I ordered yesterday(that comes with a heavily discounted 1 year Roon subscription !) in order to have a Roon Ready device front-ending my DAC units. Following Roon’s advice to network to the output device wherever possible.
I have been reading the info on Chris’s site regarding the steps to get core running on a QNAP NAS, and paying close attention to the volume naming, which I have learned from reading threads here, is critically important to get off on the right foot.
Would really appreciate any input from you veterans regarding my setup intentions above-anything you would change/add/modify?
thanks very much…