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And I can't say enough about Larry's level of service. To be clear, I have no relationship with NUCklehead - just a very satisfied customer. NUC End Point ( replaced the SOtM 200ULTRA)ġ.9-4.2Ghz Turbo Intel Core i7-865OU Quad-Core Processor/mother boardĪudiolinux Headless Ramboot installed with NAA This is what I have in place now (for those who, unlike me, know what they mean): The Server concerned me a bit because it is 'headless' but so far - no issues. So much so that I asked Larry (NUCklehead) to build me a NUC Server that has now replaced my laptop - once again with a bump up in sound quality. I am very happy with the sound quality first, and second, the simplification of my system. So, I have improved the sound (I cannot think of any other tweak that improved the sound as much as this move) and I have removed the following from my system:ġ BNC Master Clock Cable (had gone to the 200Ultra) So, one by one I removed the other components. I found it continued to sound great which made me think the NUC was really bringing something different to the system. The next day I decided to put the other components (minus the 200) back in the chain. His work done, Larry left and I continued to listen and enjoy the music. "Clearness', 'Bigness', come to mind (if those are musical words) - in particular, voices and the bass were outstanding - and this was all with only the NUC in play - an ethernet cable in and a USB cable out to the DEV.
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(NUCklehead can also set the NUC up so you can skip this step)
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After a couple of minutes - the NUC shows up as a Zone in ROON - and you are good to go. The first time you power up the NUC you insert a USB stick provided by NUCklehead - either one for ROON (if you are only listening to ROON) or one for NAA (if you are listening to HQP through ROON). It requires a power supply so I used the SR4 that had been powering the SOtM 200. Basically, in my system, it would replace the SOtM 200ULTRA, and if it really sounded great, maybe a few other boxes?ġ0 days later (and before the NETWORK BRIDGE demo) Larry actually hand delivered a NUC to my house (not sure he does this all over the world.). After multiple emails - mostly me asking many questions about how a NUC would work for me - I decided to go for it. Still not fully understanding what a NUC is and what it does I contacted NUCklehead, explained my system, indicated I was about to demo a NB, and asked what NUCklehead could offer instead. Larry got back to me right away. In it he referenced as someone who was building NUCs (for non-computer people). In the meantime I was reading one of Confused great posts here on DC. But, I was intrigued because the sound quality was supposed to be great (here we go again.). So, I kept an eye on the discussion while I awaited the NETWORK BRIDGE demo. Much of it seemed to be for the DIY crowd - which I am definitely not a member of. I am not a computer person so much of the discussion was over my head and, quite frankly, confusing - Linux, BIOS, Commands, etc. I had been following discussions about the dCS NETWORK BRIDGE and arraigned to demo one in my system. I also was following the NUC thread on DC and Computer Audiophile. All of this sounded great, but my goodness - what a lot of boxes! The three SOtM components required separate power supplies (SOtM 500, PH SR-4, and Uptone LPS 1.2). Then, reading way too much on DevialetChat and CA (Computer Audiophile - now Computer AudioStyle), over the course of a year or so, I added a SOtM 200ULTRA (now a Neo), and then a SOtM tX-USBULTRA, and then a SOtM MODDED Switch, and then (of course) a Mutec REF-10 Master Clock. Having read that the best input on the Devialet was XLR I added a Mutec MC3+USB, bought a XLR cable, and enjoyed a sound quality boost. Somewhere along the way I substituted a 1000Pro for the 120. I was a happy camper. Later I added ROON and HQPlayer - also with great results. I fed the Dev from a Macbook Air through a mRendu for several years with great results. I bought a Devialet 120 because I liked how it sounded and looked - and in particular, I liked the 'one box' solution.