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Nucleus

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Nucleus

Nucleus is the center of your Roon music system. It’s the housekeeper, the traffic cop, and the brain that takes care of the music in your life. Using Nucleus, Roon manages all your music – on hard drives, NAS, and streaming content – and allows you to play it on all the audio devices around your home. Nucleus is the best way to run Roon, at any price.

Just plug Nucleus into your network, connect your hard drives, download Roon remote apps (iOS, Android, macOS, Windows) and you’ll be ready to play music using a wide variety of audio devices, including AirPlay, Sonos, Roon Ready, Devialet, KEF, Meridian, Squeezebox, and a huge variety of USB DACs.

roon - nucleus
roon - nucleus

Nucleus is the center of your Roon music system. It’s the housekeeper, the traffic cop, and the brain that takes care of the music in your life. Using Nucleus, Roon manages all your music – on hard drives, NAS, and streaming content – and allows you to play it on all the audio devices around your home. Nucleus is the best way to run Roon, at any price.

Just plug Nucleus into your network, connect your hard drives, download Roon remote apps (iOS, Android, macOS, Windows) and you’ll be ready to play music using a wide variety of audio devices, including AirPlay, Sonos, Roon Ready, Devialet, KEF, Meridian, Squeezebox, and a huge variety of USB DACs.

Input voltage: 12-19V DC

I/O ports:
(2x) USB 3.0 (can be used for hard drive and/or DAC)
HDMI (stereo and multi-channel audio output)
Gigabit Ethernet LAN

Internal drive: 2.5” SATA SSD or HDD up to 9.5mm drive height

Library capacity: Up to 10,000 albums (100,000 tracks)

Multi-room streaming: Up to 6 simultaneous zones

DSP capability:
All DSP functions available in the PCM domain. Certain combinations of functions using DSD source or destination formats, upsampling, or multichannel processing may not be possible.

Dimensions:
212mm (W) x 156mm (D) x 74mm (H)
8.3” (W) x 6.1” (D) x 2.9” (H)
3.85kg gross weight (in retail package)
2.5kg net weight (product only)

Shipping dimensions:
Double-pack shipping carton (two units)
366mm (W) x 238mm (D) x 301mm (H)
8.3kg gross weight

Accessories:
AC power supply (19V, 60W)
IEC C5 power cable
Quick Start Guide
Roon 1-year subscription code card