Using the headphone port on an Intel NUC?

DarwinOS · April 15, 2018, 8:12pm

What kind of quality can I expect using Roon via the headphone port on an Intel NUC?

dabassgoesboomboom · April 15, 2018, 10:37pm

Some previous discussions on the same:

https://community.roonlabs.com/t/audio-quality-of-intel-nuc/

DarwinOS · April 16, 2018, 1:06am

Thanks.
A couple hundred dollar dac would work.

Mike_O_Neill · April 26, 2018, 2:18pm

Audioquest Dragonfly Red will cure your ills

Steve_Mato · April 28, 2018, 5:58am

My exact thoughts to myself when I tried it last week was “would work for conference calls … that’s it”. Music was flat, lifeless, unengaging.

Vs. The full fidelity you expect when the NUC streams over USB plugged into two small compact dac/amps, my Massdrop Grace M9XX or Mojo. The beauty of the former is it sits perfectly on top of the NUC making for a fantastic little modular system. Not a perfect square, but close enough. If you’re not a massdrop member, Grace now sells it as the M900.