Roon Nucleus Music Server - NUCLEUS

Roon Nucleus Music Server: Manage Your Sound

The Roon Nucleus music server is made to keep your sonic data completely in check. If you've never heard of this brand before, it's a service you didn't know you needed. These days, your audio can live in many places, from the different streaming services you'd find on your phone (like Spotify and Apple Music) to hard copies from sources like CDs. Roon's wireless software system is designed to keep all of your sound in one place that can compile and control all of your music. And at the heart of it all is the Roon Nucleus.

The Best Way to Roon

The Roon Nucleus is the easiest and most effective center for all things audio. Instead of going back and forth from one subscription to another to a CD collection, you'll be able to have it all centered right here, in their unbeatable OS. Their library is intuitive and easy to navigate in a way that others aren't, and you can even rip sonic data from CDs losslessly. All of this data is easily processed by your device and can be easily connected to your different audio devices for perfect playback. Connect to wireless home speakers via your home's Wi-Fi network to play music anywhere there are speakers, from the living room to the kitchen and beyond. You'll be able to hear your tunes from as many devices as your Wi-Fi can handle, or connect via HDMI audio for even higher fidelity. There are few limitations: it can store thousands of albums wirelessly and even has spots for USB drives. That's a lot of ways to listen, and all of it is made amazing.

If you've got questions about the server or the OS it's based around, our team of experts is here to help. Give our sonic experts a call at 800-860-3577 to learn more, and learn more about wireless speakers for the home as well as portable ones with our wireless speaker buying guide.

Key Features

• Turn key & zero maintenance
• Hands down, the best Roon experience
• Unparalleled Library Management
• Easy, Integrated Updates via Roon
• Import music files & streaming playlists
• Rip your CDs losslessly*
• Works with USB, HDMI, and network audio devices
• Silent and built for sound quality

Features

• Fanless
• 2 USB ports for USB audio devices or external storage devices
• 2 HDMI audio outputs for connecting to your AVRs
• Ethernet port for networking, for easy zero setup networking
• Updates for firmware are integrated into the Roon App
• Includes 1 year Roon subscription
• Capabilities:
  • Up to 10,000 albums (100,000 tracks)
  • Up to 6 simultaneous zones
  • All DSP functions available in the PCM domain, certain combinations of functions using DSD, upsampling, or multichannel processing may not be possible.
• The Roon App
  Roon's award winning user interface, Roon Remote, is the app that you will use to interact with your Nucleus.
• Music & Storage
  Nucleus supports all popular file formats on NAS, external USB drive, or internal storage drive.
  Nucleus also seamlessly merges your files with millions of tracks from TIDAL and Qobuz!
• An Audio Device
  Nucleus supports thousands of audio devices via USB, HDMI, and your wired or wireless network.
  Popular protocols like Airplay, Chromecast, and the no-compromise Roon Ready devices all work out of the box.

Footnotes:

• * CD ripping requires a USB CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, or Blu-ray drive