Lobbster Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Thanks for posting this, your attention to detail inspires! Would you consider less powerful hardware if the only purpose was Roon without any additional processing? In my case all the heavy lifting is at the end of the line, resampling by the network DAC and DSP by the Preamp. I currently use ROCK on a NUC7i5 and am wondering if a new server with AL in Ramroot and netcard bridged to DAC will lift my boat. Link to comment
Lobbster Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Aren't the Taiko's are doing some very heavy lifting as single box solutions (HQP etc). If it was only a networked server how far do we need to go, or faster is better as long as you can keep processor power consumption to the fanless case limits? The common parts seem to be high VRM Mobo (that sounds good), Apacer Industrial ECC RAM, NetCard, fanless case, shielded cabling and the best power supply you can muster. If the most you're calling on the server is for Volume Leveling in Roon, does an i9900 processor still sound better than lesser alternatives? Any idea which Optical Network Card Taiko is using? I was thinking about this as an alternative to the JCAT and let my switch do the bridging https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Express-Gigabit-Ethernet-Network/dp/B00LPRRJFG/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=StarTech+PEX1000SFP2&qid=1579018111&sr=8-2 With a couple of StarTech 1000BASE-ZX SFP's Sorry if this is OT. Link to comment
Popular Post Lobbster Posted January 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2020 Wow, this thread is a treasure - thank you ! Interesting that you swapped mobos. I was googling 'which mini itx motherboard highest vrm' and the Asus was high on everyone's lists. So the RAM is non-ECC? Great post! Nenon and LJONESATL 1 1 Link to comment
Lobbster Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 4 hours ago, Nenon said: I am now officially affiliated with Sean Jacobs. Please let us know if there's an opportunity to jump in on the FrankenRouter order. Your solution is exactly what I'm looking for. I'm in! Link to comment
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