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Researching an "affordable" Roon server/streamer, and my choice is ...
@marty Are you using Roon as your player software? I really like the way they give you a lot of the info that used to be on a CD cover. Even for a streaming track. We do sell and external CD ripper for the sonicTransporter. Having it external is nice because once you rip your collection you can... -
Researching an "affordable" Roon server/streamer, and my choice is ...
Have you looked at the whirlaudio whirlwind? It has 4 Roon Ready high end DACs built in and it also has an i7 CPU that you can use for Roon Core. So it's an all-in-one i7 Roon core + 4 DACS. Basically it's equal to 4 node2i’s and a Nucleus+. It's already Roon certified as a Roon Ready player... -
Researching an "affordable" Roon server/streamer, and my choice is ...
Yes you are correct the Inside-Tech and sonicTransporter i5 are the same price. Of course the sonicTransporter is a plug-and-play Roon server that includes tech support and the Inside-Tech is just an empty box that you need to configure and support yourself. The sonicTransporter i9 optical has... -
Researching an "affordable" Roon server/streamer, and my choice is ...
£759.00 is without VAT. So you are correct $1000. Similar to the sonicTransporter i5. We use the whole case as a heat sink. It's a solid block of aluminum! Work really well at keeping the cpu cool. The Nucleus+ is similar in price to the sonicTransporter i9 optical. The sonicTransporter i9... -
Researching an "affordable" Roon server/streamer, and my choice is ...
That's a cute little fanless NUC but at £759.00 its more then the sonicTransporter i5! -
A new star in 2019 : Innuos Statement Server
DSD 256 and DSD 512 play fine on the Innuos. It just can't upsample to those rates. Even a mac mini can have trouble upsampling to DSD512 depending on what filters are applied. We sell the sonicTransporter i9 just for upsampling to DSD512. It needs a full i9 desktop CPU to do DSD 512 + filter...- agillis
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- Forum: Computer Based Music Server Forum
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Improving digital sound
If you switch to a network player with optical Ethernet then you won't need new supplies for your Nucleus, ethernet switch etc or a new Ethernet switch. Optical fiber filters out 100% of the network noise so if you did some like this Netgear Ethernet Switch -> Media converter -> fiber ->... -
Audiophile Style Review of the Sonore Signature Rendu SE Optical
Have a server with an optical output is a good improvement. You will get a improvement in sound quality and also a great improvement in reliability. With nothing else between the server and he player you don't have to worry about any network issues. -
SOTM SMS-200 vs SONORE Signature Rendu SE - Which is the better Roon Endpoint?
Go with the new Sonore Signature Rendu SE optical. That was you are isolated from network noise right up to the player itself.- agillis
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- Forum: Computer Based Music Server Forum
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Which DACs are upgradeable? Any brands fighting obsolescence?
Most DACs are upgradable. A lot of the new feature like MQA can be added to DAC firmware. A lot of the new feature being added to DAC are things like DSD. DSD requires a second DAC chip on the board so this is not a simple upgrade. If you really like the sound of your old DAC keep it! You can... -
OS platform optimizations service idea
Do you know anybody who does this kind of work?- agillis
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- Forum: Computer Based Music Server Forum
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Roon Server - any good?
This is Andrew from Small Green Computer A music server will work better then a laptop or home computer as a Roon server. Our sonicTransporter i5 is a great solution for Roon. It has a lot of processing power and built in SSD to make the Roon user interface snappy. Make sure to get a Roon...- agillis
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- Forum: Computer Based Music Server Forum
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Best W10 Roon Core set-up? Nucleus+ can't handel my library...
Small Green computer sells the sonicTransporter i7 Roon Server. It has a full i7-7700 quad core CPU. It can handle 750k tracks no problem.- agillis
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- Forum: Computer Based Music Server Forum
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Sonore's microrendu is out - the first audiophile microcomputer?
This is Andrew from Small Green Computer. I though I would answer a few of the questions asked here. The microRendu is an extremely low electrical noise computer made for audio playback to a USB DAC. There is a lot that when into our design other then just lowering electrical noise. But...- agillis
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- Forum: Computer Based Music Server Forum
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