Roon Nucleus & Nucleus +
The brain behind the Roon experience is the Roon Core. Every Roon set-up requires a Roon Core; it's the conductor of your music-streaming orchestra. It centralises the Roon application, which is responsible for all the thinking that your system needs to do.
That way, you don't need to update all your bits and pieces of hi-fi every time Roon is fixed or upgraded. Every aspect of Nucleus – hardware, operating system, and software – was developed to provide a silent, high-performance, power-efficient Roon Core by the same team that created Roon.
Made By Roon
The brain behind the Roon experience is the Roon Core. Every aspect of Nucleus – hardware, operating system, and software – was developed to provide a silent, high-performance, power-efficient Roon Core, by the same team that created Roon.
Simply The Best
Nucleus is the easiest, fastest way to get your Roon system running. You don't need any computer or networking skills. Just take it home, plug it in, and download Roon apps for your mobile devices and computers. The nucleus keeps itself current with automatic updates.
Built For Sound Quality
Nucleus has no fans or moving parts of any kind, and its minimal operating system is tuned to deliver high-performance audio. Whether it’s in your listening room, on your desk, or in a rack, you can be confident you’ll be getting the best sound from any music server.
Developed By Intel
The rich Roon experience requires modern computing power, and the more the better. We worked with Intel to develop Nucleus to support Roon now and in the future. It has horsepower to spare for large music libraries, multi-room streaming, and DSP.
Nucleus or Nucleus+?
Both the Nucleus and Nucleus+ servers look and function in exactly the same way. Their difference is primarily down to the Intel® processor used in each model, which shifts their speed and workload capacity.
The standard Nucleus is suited to smaller multi-room environments, or for installations where complex DSP processing is not required. It's also suited to smaller library sizes.
Nucleus+ is the more advanced solution, for complex or high-end environments and for lightning-fast handling of larger music libraries.
See our Technical Data for more information.
Key Features:
Manages your music stored on USB hard drives, NAS, and streamed content from TIDAL and Qobuz
Runs Roon OS and is controlled by the Roon apps for iOS, Android, macOS, Windows
Streams music to Sonos®, AirPlay®, Google®, Roon Ready™, Roon Tested™ and many other audio devices
Silent design with no fans or moving parts
Roon now offers a 1 year subscription included in the Nucleus price
Roon OS boasts a string of features and enhancements that are only available to Nucleus customers