The Cheapest Roon Core Computer I could find

[nicoff]

Roon (the company) has tested dozens of Roon Core’s for certification purposes. I speak with one of the founders regularly, he assures me, on Ethernet there is no sonic differences, it all has to do with “user experience” and processing capabilities for DSP. But it seems others have found there is a difference. So, who knows?


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I believe the founder. [emoji51]

 

[Randy Myers]

If I was building one from scratch, I would be definitely using M.2 and not SSD's or HD's. M.2's are much much faster than SSD's and blow the doors off HD's.

M.2 is a SSD, the difference is the interface and connection. The M.2 attach similar to RAM chips while a 2.5" SSD uses the SATA bus and cables, therefore the M.2 usual specs faster. By the way, I agree although SSDs are usual fine. HDD and SSD can not be thought of in the same vain. Internally a 2.5" SSD and a M.2 are virtually identical.

 

[Mike]

M.2 is a SSD, the difference is the interface and connection. The M.2 attach similar to RAM chips while a 2.5" SSD uses the SATA bus and cables, therefore the M.2 usual specs faster. By the way, I agree although SSDs are usual fine. HDD and SSD can not be thought of in the same vain. Internally a 2.5" SSD and a M.2 are virtually identical.

Not exactly. They are both chip based, but M.2 is considerably faster. SSD’s cap out at 600MB/second where as M.2 can reach speeds of 4GB/second. That’s literally “instant”.




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