Is Sonic Transporter Available in the UK

Audio Gear Talk Small Green Computer
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Hi

Can somebody please let me know if ST is available in the UK, from where and for how much please?

Thank you very much

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You might be better off in the ‘Small Green Computer’ section…

https://community.roonlabs.com/c/audio-products/small-green-computer

I think Andrew Gilis @agillis frequents there…

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See this.

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Thank you Phil and Steve for your responses

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Hi Phil

Can I have a quote for a i3 and i5 version please

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I got mine shipped to the UK from here:

https://microjukebox.com/collections/audio-server/products/sonictransporter

I paid the VAT on delivery.

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Thank you Ashley

How do you find it? Which one did you go for and how large is your library?

Rgds

Martin

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I went through the same route and bought the i5 model as I have a library of over 25,000 tracks. Delivery was pretty quick, and a request to pay the duty was received by the courier, which was painless online.

Works great, and most importantly, silently!

I did not go for internal storage though, as I have my music on a NAS, which it works fine with.

I also use the Sonore microrendu as the Roon endpoint.
Nick

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Same route. I went i5 also. 80k tracks. 4TB usb drive. Silent and quicker than my other Roon Core running on a Windows Server. Also microRendu feeding Chord dac

I’m almost too scared to mention this but the ST Roon Core sounds better??
I have no idea why or wish to debate it. But to my ear/brain combination it really does sound ‘quieter darker background, space, tighter bass…more coherent mid-range…’

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I don’t have any means to test different locations of the core, as when I tried it on a laptop (during the trial), the fan was going at a rate of knots, so wasn’t really easy to compare.

I recently tried a Chord TT DAC, which was great, but a bit steep for my pockets at the moment, so sticking with oppo 105 for now.

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I went for the basic model and attached a 1TB USB SSD for my music; about 8k tracks. Works really well and is completely silent. Plays out through a sonicorbiter endpoint.

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We ship all our products world wide.

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Hi Nick,

I’m looking to order the i5 to use with my microRendu.

Can you recall what the import duty/taxes were?

Thanks

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Normal 20% VAT rate on whatever the value is declared on the shipping label.

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Thank for the response

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Hi Paul, I paid about £180 to DHL.

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I have a Vortexbox Mini and have managed to install 2.4 followed by Roon Server. It’s working well but I wondered if Vortexbox had any plans to release software that incorporates Roon.I noticed Vortexbox UK were releasing Nov products that appeared to mimic the Sonic Transporter software.
Thanks.

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Nick, that seems a bit steep to me? The i5 ST is quoted at $645 (without internal storage), so £488. 20% duty is roughly £100 - so £80 for shipping? Cough.

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Thanks Nick and I thought the same.

Did you add storage?

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No storage but I did buy a microrendu at the same time:grinning: