But the last two are hardly fit'n'forget for the average audiophileI was looking to review a lower-cost turnkey solution. Jim Austin and Jason Victor Serinus are using Roon with servers based on Intel's low-cost NUC computer-on-a-board, and there are other suitable processors, such as the Raspberry Pi and the various Arduinos. I was still on the lookout for a server that would be more accessible to our budget-minded readers. But at $2498 without an internal drive for storing music files, the Nucleus+ is still relatively expensive, and even Roon's less-powerful Nucleus costs $1398. So when Roon Labs introduced their own server, the Nucleus+, I first reviewed and then purchased it, along with a lifetime subscription to Roon. All performed well but are relatively expensive, and their associated player apps didn't equal Roon's user friendliness in terms of interface, organization of the library, and inclusion and updating of metadata.
I have reviewed several network-connected music servers in recent years, from Antipodes, Aurender, and NAD.
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