ROCK on Cirrus7 with i7 10th Gen.16 RAM 500 SSD, 1TB SSD Second Slot … really good.
MacMini Late 2014 I7 3Ghz 16 RAM with DC-Power.
Networking Gear & Setup Details
Fritzbox 7590( modified with LPS)…Uptone Etherregen with Farad3 LPS
Connected Audio Devices
Uptone Etherregen / Farad3….NCF LAN…to …Cirrus7Nimbini…Neotech Copper USB to Denafrips DDC….Tubulus Argentus HDMI to Denafrips Terminator II
Library Size
18000 Tracks
Description of Issue
I want to use the Cirrus Nimbini only for the HQ-Player and … either the MacMini as Roon Core or a smaller Cirrus as Roon Rock.
My questions … can I combine a MacMini for Roon and a NUC in my network? What do I have to do, that HQ-Player is visible in the Roon software or vice versa Roon in the HQ- Player.
And, . do I need Linux or Windows for installing the HQ-Player exclusive on the Cirrus.
Hope I could explain my target Thank for your support and help.
I am running a Roon Rock system. Does this HQPlayer add to it or replace it? If it adds to it, can I use a separate machine for it? As you can see, I’m a tad confused…
I’ve been having issues with Roon being slow to search and to load songs. Perhaps this will solve that problem?
I have 64 GB of RAM on the ROCK. Could (should) HQP be booted from a USB stick attached to that machine? It has an i7 processor. Or would it ultimately be better to use a completely separate machine? BTW, I have 285,000 tracks (all lossless, and nearly all flac). If a completely separate machine is the way to go, what would ideal specifications be? (I would be using it for nothing else.)
A couple weeks ago I started this topic, trying to figure out why Roon had become so very slow in searching and loading files. After upgrading my Rock, and exploring a number of leads, I’m coming to the conclusion that the slowness is mostly on Roon’s end of things, and there may be little I can do about it. I hope the techs at Roon are working on fixing the problem, since I’ve loved Roon since I first came onboard many years ago, and I’m a lifetime subscriber. My curiosity here is whether HQ Player might handle things a bit differently, and if it could be of help in regaining the old “snappiness” I would set a budget of over $1,000 to do it.
Here are my devices: