I have hosted my music files in a Sonore SonicTransporter i5 using a Samsung 4Gb SSD for some time now, and thught it was worth posting a few impressions. First, if you are thinking about finding a simple, small, perfectly silent computer server you can do no better, in my opinion. I tried the DIY route with several home-baked solutions, but this server is plug and play simple and painless. It hosts Roon Core and serves files via my home network to three Roon endpoints, two made by Elac and the third a Sonore Ultra Rendu.
Of the three end points, the Rendu is by far the most stable and never fails to connect to the Roon Core. Plus the fact that it is surprisingly small - less than half the size of the Elac units - makes it simple to place in my headphone system hiding behind my DAC (which it drives via USB) and I never have to deal with it except through the Roon control app.
The Rendu is sample-rate-agnostic and passes whatever the server sends it to the DAC. I do not use MQA or other proprietary formats (all my files are FLAC.) I am a very happy, satisfied customer. It is "the best"? Well so far it is for me.
Of the three end points, the Rendu is by far the most stable and never fails to connect to the Roon Core. Plus the fact that it is surprisingly small - less than half the size of the Elac units - makes it simple to place in my headphone system hiding behind my DAC (which it drives via USB) and I never have to deal with it except through the Roon control app.
The Rendu is sample-rate-agnostic and passes whatever the server sends it to the DAC. I do not use MQA or other proprietary formats (all my files are FLAC.) I am a very happy, satisfied customer. It is "the best"? Well so far it is for me.