Roon Rock: Is it worth it?

[JosquinDesPrez]

yes, I’ll just add here what I said elsewhere…

Roon - do you use it? (Poll)

I run Roon server on a Intel NUC running Roon ROCK. That’s your best option for highest quality. You essentially have a hardware appliance dedicated to the Roon server and nothing else, and the OS is optimized for running the Roon server. The whole thing sits under a record cabinet, connected to an ethernet network switch. I built mine for about $700 with an Intel i9, 16GBs RAM, a 256 Gb SSD for the OS and database, and 1 TB SSD for audio files (ripped CDs and hi-res FLAC). You can spend four t…

Detailed step-by-step instructions for building a ROCK server on an INtel NUC are on the Roon website. That’s what I used and it took me about an hour do do everythging from sitting with parts to standing up a working Roon server. Then I copied about 500 Gbs of audio files overnight (that’s all I have).