let’s not forget the 3 big elephants:
- audible noise – Nucleus has none
- a trim operating system built for running Roon… no unrelated things happening in the background.
- no way to screw up settings
There’s no magic, but it was designed to eliminate things that can impact SQ that can not be debated.
- No one will argue that fan noise hurts SQ
- Everyone can agree that systems overloaded with random stuff and drivers can impact the timely delivery of packets to audio to the DAC, leading to unstable digital streams.
- Misconfigured USB/audio settings are possible when there are settings to be made. No settings, no problems.
While these techniques are not unique to Nucleus, neither is good SQ.