Hi,
Longtime Roon user, been running it on an old but reliable Windows PC for years, love it - trouble is I can no longer ignore the pc fans!
So, I’m pretty sold on switching to a dedicated NUC running Rock, but before I purchase the components please may I sense-check them with you knowledgable folk? Here’s what I’m considering:
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Intel BOXNUC8I7BEH3 NUC Mini PC
(Intel Core i7 8559U, Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655, Bare-bone) -
Crucial CT8G4SFS824A 8 GB Memory (DDR4, 2400 MT/s, PC4-19200, Single Rank x8, SODIMM, 260-Pin)
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BiWIN 128GB M.2 NGFF Solid State Drive SSD 22 * 42mm SATAIII Storage NAND Memory for Laptops and Mini PC [BIWIN-128GB]
Does anybody use any of the above components? From my understanding they should be fine for Rock? I’m hoping for a quieter system, I realise it’s not fanless though, is anyone else running Rock on the same cpu?
Cheers,
Rafi
FYI my music setup:
- Music Source (local): 40k tracks stored on Synology DS1513+ NAS (mostly flac 16bit & 24 bit from 44.1 - 192khz, and a few dozen DSD 128 & 256)
- Music Source (stream): Tidal through roon
- DAC: Oppo 105-D + Audioquest jitterbug usb
- Pre: Audiolab 8000S
- Power: Audiolab 8000p
- Speakers 1: Monitor Audio Silver RS1 (bi-amped to 8000p)
- Speakers 2: Q Acoustics 3020 (8000s when set to integrated mode)
- Speakers 3: Yamaha HS5 & HS8S (direct from the Oppo’s XLR output)
(If you’re wondering, I switch between speaker types depending on the genre/production style I’m listening to. Sometimes I use a Schiit Loki between the Audiolabs)