Roon . . . moving into the 21st century

[George111]

Am considering using Roon on a Mac Mini, probably i5 with 8GB RAM and 256 GB PCIe local disk with sound library stored on HP Micro server running FreeNAS with about 3TB of flac music. (both on gig Ethernet network) The Mac will run Roon and handle the organisation and meta data etc, the HP box stores the music and an external DAC, probably Oppo HS-2. This will feed into a small Naim system. Will use Roon app for iPad to control it.

Is anybody else doing similar ? Have I missed anything or are there improvements I can make, better software, hardware etc ?

[George111]

Is nobody else using Roon ? https://roonlabs.com/

It's got a lot on common with Sooloos from Meridian http://www.whathifi.com/meridian/sooloos-control-1...

[George111]

simon_j said:

I've been using Roon for nearly 12 months on a MacBook Pro. It feeds a couple of Chord DACs, one to my HiFi and the other to a valve headphone amp. I'm using local Flac files and streaming from Tidal. Like you I use an iPad to run the app. It works very well. The interface is the best I've used. The integration with Tidal is the best feature for me.

Thanks ! Just wanted to know that others are doing it before I commit to significant investment, more in time than money.

How do you get the data to the Chord DAC's ?