The news you’ve waited the longest for is finally here! Nucleus One & Nucleus Titan are now available for pre-order in the UK! Please follow the links below to place your order and find more details. Thanks again for your patience while we finalized UK availability.
Even accounting for VAT @20% in the UK $499 vs £599 - come on ROON how is this value for the UK subscriber. At todays exchange rate $499 is £400 approx. Disappointing.
Well,I will be getting one of these in the near future. But,as I recall,on release in the US there was a generous trade in for owners of an existing Nucleus. I can’t see that for U.K. buyers and if that’s true would love to know why.
I doubt you’ll see a trade in, Roon are a US company, they also bill in $USD globally meaning the sub is crazy expensive for some markets.
Doing anything outside the US seems to require a lot of effort and I suspect the wait in worldwide distribution may be the sourcing of a distributor and contract.
Hopefully they’ll become more global.
Yes,you are,of course right. Roon obviously identified the need to entice existing owners of a Nucleus into the new equipment. But that hasn’t extended into U.K. or EU. It’s a shame as the welcome price point of the One makes second hand Nucleus unsellable. It’s holding me back at the moment but at some stage I will invest in the Titan and future proof the system.
Not for me, expensive and then some. We can all do our maths on the true cost and I for one will not be exploited by an American company overcharging because they think they can get away with it. I shall be rebuilding my NUC with higher spec ram and memory, its already in a fanless case and has returned faultless performance for 5 years.
Intriguingly this company are offering an alternative
however they too seem to be in the business of maximising profit as I have the identical N100 fanless mini pc running MOCK which I got from AliExpress for £85 delivered…
AliExpress has levelled the playing field in buying from the far east, I’ve used it many times without issue.
No need to buy in bulk as I had to 25 years ago to get a bargain from a Chinese manufacturer.