Is the Roon Nuceus device a good streamer?


Have learned I can connect a usb dac directly to Roon nucleus and get rid of the bluesound node I have. Is Roon nucleus a quality streamer?


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Showing 1 response by jazzman7

The short answer is yes.  Have been streaming from a Roon Nucleus to a Chord Qutest for almost a year now.  It replaced a Bluesound Node 2i in my main rig.  From an SQ perspective I'd say that the two pieces were pretty close, but that was before I replaced the stock power supply with a 19v Sbooster Linear Power Supply.   With the better LPS in place, SQ of the Nucleus as Server/Streamer surpassed that of the Node 2i.  Can also note that the Nucleus is cable sensitve, and good USB and ethernet cables here do make a difference.  I'm using a Curious USB Cable and Wireworld Starlight Cat 8 ethernet cable.  Hope this helps.