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About the Nucleus
The Roon Labs Nucleus is a purpose-built, fanless music server running Roon OS, designed specifically for browsing, managing, and playing high-resolution music libraries. It supports bit-perfect playback, DSD and PCM upsampling, multichannel audio, and streams to various devices including Roon Ready, AirPlay, Sonos, USB DACs, and networked audio endpoints. Controlled via Roon apps on iOS, Android, macOS, or Windows, it features a premium Intel Core i3 processor with 4GB RAM and 64GB SSD for the OS. Nucleus handles libraries up to 10,000 albums (100,000 tracks) and up to 6 simultaneous zones with limited DSP capabilities. It includes Gigabit Ethernet for reliable networking, USB ports for storage or DACs, and HDMI for stereo/multi-channel output. Requires a separate Roon subscription. Note: This refers to the original Nucleus model; Nucleus One is a newer, more affordable variant.
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