Can I use USB DAC with nucleus that's not roonready?

Roon Software Discussion Nucleus
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Hi, I use roon with my Lumin player with music from my NAS and Tidal account. Everything just works absolutely great! As a second system I would like to plug a USB DAC direktly to the USB socket on my nucleus. Does this USB DAC has to bo “roonready” or “roontested”? Or can I just use any USB DAC to directly play music from my nucleus? Beacause this is my second system I do not want to spend to much money for the USB DAC. I think of the Matrix Audio Mini-i Pro 2S because it has everything I need:
-XLR out for my Geithain aktive monitors
-DSD Playback
-Bluetooth for other stuff then music
-Other digital inputs (for TV)

Or has anyone a other suggestion?

Thank you very much in advance for your help. Best regards, Reto

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USB DACs don’t need to be Roonready, they just play the incoming signal. On the Roon website it says you can use Roon ready devices or USB DACs.

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As long as the DAC is USB “audio class compliant” it will work. To get higher than 24b/96k it must be a audio class 2 compliant device.

Any DAC that requires custom drivers will not work on the Nucleus.

Fortunately, most DACs these days are class 2 compliant.