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I now have a Dell XPS with Roon loaded onto it and have an external SSD drive with my flac files. I also subscribe to Qobuz.
For the last few weeks I've been having issues while streaming. The core constantly gets lost and oftentimes it takes a long time to go to the selected recording.
Would getting a clone Nucleus+ make the playback smooth, quick and hassle-free? And secondly, would the sound quality be improved?
Thanks.
"Man, that mouse is Awesome." - Kaemon (referring to Jerry, of Tom and Jerry fame)
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I now have a Dell XPS with Roon loaded onto it and have an external SSD drive with my flac files.
I went the other way with my 2010 Studio XPS 8100. OS runs on SSD with all storage on 2 TB drive. I retired it from primary service almost five years ago as Win7 support had sunset but continue to use it for ripping duties and it serves as another music and video backup.
Not sure what you mean by the Core constantly gets lost.In my Roon setup I know that it can take a moment to connect to the Core and access music files if the computer / NAS has been in standby for a while. This is especially so with the NAS if the disks are hibernating and need to spin-up. When I run Roon on my computer I never let it 'sleep' or go into 'standby'. It is ALWAYS powered up fully and ready - which isn't a big deal with the Mac Mini as it draws such little power. Same for the Synology NAS.
As for taking a long time to go to a selected recording are you talking about your own music file or a selection from Qobuz? I've seen two scenarios where it can take a long time. #1 ] If the streaming service is having issues or you are experiencing intermittent network / Wifi issues. As an aside I don't run Wifi to my Roon Core. #2 ] If you do a LOT of random skipping around to different tracks in rapid succession Roon can take a while to catch up or just appear to be lock-up.
Dell makes dozens of XPS laptops and many XPS desktops. What did you get?
IMHO a Roon Nucleus clone is just an overpriced PC server but that's just my take on it as I have always had excellent results running Roon on my own hardware - usually a basic entry model Mac Mini or the Synology NAS.
I see some pricey Roon Nucleus clones up on Audiogon. You should be able to 'tweak' any PC for minimal background tasks including a Windows machine to run reliably as your dedicated Roon Server / Core. My choice would be to use a computer dedicated to running Roon and not one that is also your everyday workhorse PC.
Edits: 11/18/23 11/18/23 11/18/23
Hey, Abe.
My Dell is about 5-7 years old. It has the intil i5-6200U cpu, 4gigs of RAM, and has Windows 10 running on it. It has a few apps on it, which mainly have to do with ripping discs and photo editing. But it's not used for anything really than as a music server.
I have an external drive with my own music loaded onto it.
I use Roon to listen to both streamed stuff from Qobuz and my own ripped files on the hard drive.
It's wirelessly connected to my home network and hace a Direcstream DAC with a Bridge II which is connedpcted to a WIFi extender right next to my system.
It seems to jave stopped just an suddenly as it came on but when playing music I kept getting an icon that said "core lost" and the music would stop. Or, when selecting other tracks it'd take an extremely long time.
I've got 67000 tracks and 6100 albums on Roon.
Thanks
"Man, that mouse is Awesome." - Kaemon (referring to Jerry, of Tom and Jerry fame)
The first thing I look at with music server / streaming problems is the network. I'm not saying that's the problem here but I wonder if you can setup a temporary hardwired network and see if the problem persists. How many network ports are on your Wifi Router? If you have at least a couple ports simply connect the laptop and Bridge II to them.In a separate test, I'd also be curious to know if you run into the 'lost core' issue if you connect the DAC directly to the laptop USB port.
Does your laptop boot from a spinning hard disk or SSD?
Roon Labs recommends SSD for their database and the easiest way to ensure that it is on SSD is just install all of Roon onto SSD. I have had no issues running Roon from spinning hard disks in my 2-bay NAS which has no SSDs at all BUT my library is pretty small compared to yours. I have about 1000 albums.
Edits: 11/20/23
The laptop has an SSD. I was thinking of hardwiring from the router to the bridge, but have been hesitant because I've read that streaming gives better sound than hardwired connection, although the core wouldn't be connected so that may help. Not sure.
I'll get some cable and give it a shot.
Thank you.
"Man, that mouse is Awesome." - Kaemon (referring to Jerry, of Tom and Jerry fame)
You said, "I've read that streaming gives better sound than hardwired connection" by that if you mean using WiFi rather than a hard wired Ethernet then you kind of read wrong.
I too think like Abe, that your Lost Core issue is a network issue.
The PS Audio Network bridge is a Roon Ready endppint so you can just stream via Ethernet to the bridge via your router or a switch - still running the Roon Core on the computer but using Roon to output to the network bridge.
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