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Shoutout to Abe

Posted by farmdoc (A) on February 7, 2017 at 17:44:49

In Reply to: Which path to take...Roon or A+ posted by farmdoc on February 4, 2017 at 13:42:27:

First, I post rarely, and usually with a question. Out of ten of my ??'s, Abe C. has answered (probably) at least 7 of them, and always lucidly and graciously. You seem intuitive re: my (and others) lack of digital sophistication, and I thank you for making it simpler for me.

I still am on the bottom of a steep learning curve. So, subscribing to Roon allows me to load the core onto my Mac mini, which I can then control with my iPad (Roon app). Does Roon grab the music in my music library residing on an external HD? Or do I have to invest and learn how to transfer/use a NAS? If I get a NAS and manage to load my music library on it, does it feed by ethernet to my Apple airport router? And if so, do I need to keep the Mac mini in the system (either ethernet or wirelessly) to the Airport? I guess even after reading their website, I can't figure out where Roon resides in a Nas-Mac system. And this whole core/client business....whew!

TriodeSteve mentioned the SonicTransporter. Another 'black box' to me. It seems that music servers like that mentioned (and AA DMP-1, PS Audio LANRover, microurendu, Surender N10 & N100, Sotm sms-200, Wyred MS-1, and a dozen more, plus Raspberry Pi, whatever that is) remove the Mac mini from the system, but for some reason need a NAS for storage. Is that because Roon has to reside in the NAS?

From these questions, you would not believe I am a college graduate with graduate degrees, and a Mac user for 20 years. Probably my age and encroaching senility (hope not yet) are working against me. Be gentle.

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