Confused about data flow on ROCK

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Still a bit confused!

  1. today my core is on an older i3 (gen4) NUC, music on a separat NAS, both wired to router, music streamed by a SB touch.
    Is music “bits” transferred from NAS to NUC and from there to SB through router?

  2. will a NUC (preferable faneless) or Nucleus containing both core and HD with music placed aside a DAC using usb connextion, in terms of sound quality be at same level as 1) solution asuming I use separate streamer and DAC?

  3. in other words, do I achive anything by separating core and music files on different units?

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No, not from an SQ standpoint.

The only separation that many people effect is to move the core out of their listening space, by using a transport endpoint.

Some people don’t like to use a NAS because, in some systems, music file updates are not actively picked up by Roon; i.e. one must do a Rescan.