This is brilliant. I wish I saw this a couple days ago. It took me half a day to get this working https://community.roonlabs.com/t/roonserver-nuc-using-ubuntu-server/24969
I’m particularly interested in trying the bridged route. I’ve been following the Computer Audiophile thread for some time. I have my NUC currently connected to the same ethernet switch that my NAS is connected to in my office upstairs. I am using a Linksys Velop mesh system for wireless duties. I have one Velop hub connected to my switch in the office and the other downstairs, with direct connection to my sMS-200. This setup, even before when my NAS played Roon Server duty, works perfectly. Even upsampled max PCM files stream flawlessly over my mesh Wi-Fi setup. I don’t want to move my noisy NAS downstairs, but I might move the NUC closer to my sMS-200 to see if the bridged set-up improves my already great sounding system. I wonder though…will a bridged setup from NUC to sMS-200 (still accessing files from NAS over Wi-Fi) be better, worse or negligible to my existing setup with NUC and NAS connected to the same switch upstairs? I guess the question is…theoretically, will it sound “better” having NUC closer to the media or the NUC closer to the endpoint??
PS. I just ordered the tx-USBultra to brigde the gap between the sMS-200 and my 2Qute DAC.