IMO, the perfect all inclusive digital solution for any system. They could base it on the Nucleus One hardware to keep the whole thing, even with the best available DAC, at less than 2k for the whole thing. I think it would sell like hot cakes.
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Hi Edgar,
I don’t think that Roon will want to become a concurrent of all the Audio-manufacturers where Roon hope that those manufacturers would think of implementing Roon Readiness on their products. This would be very contra productive, according to me. So I presume that that idea will never happen.
But I know, never say never.
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The purpose of Roon 
Integrating the DAC into the computer (i.e. making it a computer with an analog audio output) goes contrary to the audiophile wisdom, which says that the farther the DAC is from the computer, the better. Roon themselves go as far as to recommend a streamer between the Nucleus and the DAC. So, I guess it would sell more like a few days old bread. Not that I fully subscribe to this wisdom; at the end of the day, some standalone streamers are just computers with integrated DACs, but at least there’s a perception that they are less electrically noisy than a generic PC like the Nucleus.
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Audiophile and wisdom are very often contradictory terms. Given that hard drives are solid state now, a component like the Nucleus has virtually zero electrical noise. Any optical media transport with its myriad of motors and gears would be thousands of times noisier. So… nope “noise” of any kind would be an utter and absolute non issue. In fact a Sabre ESS chip (and virtually all others) have and output high enough that it could virtually run directly to a line output!
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That may or may not be the case but it won’t help if the audience doesn’t believe you.
In any case it was never a great strategy to compete with the very same partners whose support you need to survive.
That is definitely a point to ponder which I hadn’t considered.
The question boils down to is if Roon sees itself now or in the future as an audio component manufacturer or a computer device only one.