Roon Nucleus Music Server

Roon Nucleus features an i3 processor, 4Gb RAM and a 64Gb OS SSD. Housed in an elegant case, it is the center of your Roon music system and manages all your music on hard drives, NAS, and streaming content – You can play on all the audio devices around your home.

New Revised Model

Nucleus retains the specs and passive cooling system of the original model but has a wider, deeper and shallower chassis. Other revisions include a second HDMI output and internal layout which now supports SATA drives up to 15mm deep instead of 9mm drives as before. Roon Nucleus is now also supplied in eco-friendly packaging.

Plays audio devices

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.

Powered by Roon OS

Aside from a powerful fanless music server, Nucleus is distinguished as it runs on Roon OS; a fast and lightweight operating system optimised to browse and play music. Roon is a multi-room, multi-user networked audio platform built to the exacting standards of audiophiles with bit-perfect playback, DSD and PCM upsampling, multichannel playback, and signal path display. Nucleus also offers the very finest performance possible when connected to a USB DAC.

Roon Partners

Roon Nucleus Music Server is designed to work with products from the manufacturers you trust. Over 60 partner brands now work with Roon and the list is growing every day.

Roon App

Roon Nucleus is the brains behind the operation and manages your music collection, it builds an interconnected digital library using enhanced information from Roon. You can browse and play music with Roon apps on all your devices whether its a Mac, Windows, iPad, iPhone, and Android devices. Roon streams to all the audio gear you have and makes it all play nice together.

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.

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 and tested and many other audio devices
- Roon OS boasts a string of features and enhancements only available to Nucleus customers
- Silent design with no fans or moving parts