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What is Roon?

What is Roon?

Roon is a professional music management and playback software renowned among music lovers for its rich features and intelligent music management that includes good integration of music sources and playback equipment. Here are the core features recommended by music players:

Music Library Integration and Management

Roon's interface is elegant and easy to use, automatically scanning and organizing your music library, whether it's local NAS devices or streaming services like TIDAL, KKBOX, and Qobuz. It automatically provides accurate information and links related music data, such as album covers, release information, artist details, reviews, and lyrics.

Music Library Integration and Management

Hi-Res / Hi-Fi High-Resolution Music Playback

Roon handles every detail of music playback seamlessly, supporting various high-resolution music formats and software up sampling, including FLAC, DSD, and MQA, ensuring that every piece of music is played at its best quality.

Hi-Res / Hi-Fi High-Resolution Music Playback

Play Anywhere at Home

Roon can synchronize music playback across different devices within the same network environment. This means that if you have multiple playback systems, you are not limited to one room. Through network streaming, USB, and HDMI; you can stream and share audio sources (e.g., living room, bedroom, and bathroom), allowing you to freely configure and expand your music playback system without the signal loss caused by long cables.

Play Anywhere at Home

Seamless Integration of All Music Playback Devices

Roon supports various music playback devices, whether it's your home audio system or mobile devices. Including, but not limited to Roon Ready certified devices. AirPlay, Chromecast, Sonos which allow you to flexibly build your music playback system. In other words, as long as your audio device has networking capabilities, it is likely compatible with Roon.

Seamless Integration of All Music Playback Devices

Roon's Main Architecture and Deployment

Roon's architecture includes three elements: Roon Core, Roon Remote and Roon Bridge.

1 Roon Core

Roon Core

Roon Core is the storage device that stores audio and runs the main Roon app, managing the music library and playback. It can be installed on your computer or NAS, with NAS being the most suitable due to its standby stability, data protection, storage capacity, size, power consumption, standby noise, and networking capabilities.

2 Roon Remote

Roon Remote

Roon Remote is an application for controlling playback and switching playback devices (playback controller) that can run on various devices including mobile phones, tablets, or computers for easy management of music playback.

3 Roon Bridge

Roon Bridge

Roon Bridge refers to music playback devices used to receive digital streaming music signals. Any Roon Ready certified and verified compatible networked device or audio streamer (Audio Streamer) or DAC will be automatically detected and recognized by Roon, ensuring that every piece of music is played at its best quality.

Stable and Efficient Roon Storage Solutions

ASUSTOR NAS solutions feature high performance and stable storage characteristics. It not only provides large storage capacity but also supports multiple RAID configurations and backup solutions, ensuring data security and integrity. For music lovers, ASUSTOR NAS creator or flagship series with high-performance Intel CPUs can efficiently manage and process high-quality file transcoding requirements, and support M.2 SSDs for fast data read and write operations. 2.5GbE and 10GbE found on ASUSDTOR NAS devices help support various high-resolution music formats, including DSD, ensuring that every note is presented with the best sound quality.

ASUSTOR NAS solutions feature high performance and stable storage characteristics. It not only provides large storage capacity but also supports multiple RAID configurations and backup solutions, ensuring data security and integrity. For music lovers, ASUSTOR NAS creator or flagship series with high-performance Intel CPUs can efficiently manage and process high-quality file transcoding requirements, and support M.2 SSDs for fast data read and write operations. 2.5GbE and 10GbE found on ASUSDTOR NAS devices help support various high-resolution music formats, including DSD, ensuring that every note is presented with the best sound quality.

One-Click Download - Easy Installation:

Combining ASUSTOR NAS with Roon provides you with a powerful and flexible high-fidelity streaming system. First, find and install the Roon Server App in ASUSTOR's App Central. After installation, simply log in to your Roon account and select the music file folder on your NAS to complete the deployment. Roon and ASUSTOR NAS will automatically detect and connect to all the music devices in your home via the network, allowing you to easily transfer music files to various playback devices effortlessly.

Combining ASUSTOR NAS with Roon provides you with a powerful and flexible high-fidelity streaming system. First, find and install the Roon Server App in ASUSTOR's App Central. After installation, simply log in to your Roon account and select the music file folder on your NAS to complete the deployment. Roon and ASUSTOR NAS will automatically detect and connect to all the music devices in your home via the network, allowing you to easily transfer music files to various playback devices effortlessly.

Note:Roon Remote helps you play and control music smoothly on any device to enjoy a high-resolution audio experience.

For the Highest Sound Quality

Pursuit of Simplicity and Convenience

Stream over a local network, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth to mobile phones, tablets, or TVs. Alternatively, use playback devices that can receive HDMI or S/PDIF audio sources, such as the Apple HomePod or integrated amplifiers.

Pursuit of Simplicity and Convenience

Sound Done Your Way

1. With your own preamp digital streamer:
ASUSTOR and Roon support various streaming output interfaces. Choose the streaming method based on the input interfaces your device supports. It is recommended to use USB output or a DAC to convert the signal to analog and stream music to your streaming device for higher lossless audio quality as the audio source input.

2. Without your own preamp digital streamer:
Connect your preferred DAC to the USB port of your ASUSTOR NAS, convert the audio to analog, and then output it to active speakers or a power amplifier.

Pursuit of Simplicity and Convenience

Recommended NAS for Roon – The ASUSTOR Flashstor

The Roon Core architecture requires a high-performance processor and SSD drives to ensure a smooth high-quality music listening experience. ASUSTOR NAS, with its high-spec hardware and compatibility with various I/O interfaces, fully meets Roon's recommended requirements. It can serve as both the Roon Core or a Roon Bridge device.

ASUSTOR Flashstor series feature high-performance processors and M.2 SSD setups, along with high-speed 2.5/10 GbE network ports. This makes them ideal for setting up Roon Core, enabling smooth and efficient operation of Roon, as well as the calculation and transmission of Hi-Res or Hi-Fi lossless music. Any Roon-compatible device can easily connect to the Roon Core on ASUSTOR NAS to access and play music files.

  • Excellent processing performance, good stability, and system scalability.
  • M.2 SSDs provide high-speed read and write for Hi-Res music, ensuring smooth playback of lossless music.
  • ASUSTOR Flashstor series are designed to minimize noise and vibration, preventing any interference with the listening experience.
  • One-click installation with Roon officially certified software and hardware compatibility.
  • ASUSTOR Flashstor features a thin and angled quadrilateral design that reduces low-frequency standing waves and excessive reverberation.
  • Supports RAID configurations and comprehensive backup solutions, capable of running large music databases that remain protected.
  • Various I/O interface, fully supports Roon streaming outputs: USB, HDMI, S/PDIF, and 2.5Gbe or 10Gbe network ports.
  • Energy-saving standby mode, remote download, showcases the strengths of ASUSTOR NAS.

Recommended NAS for Roon – The ASUSTOR Flashstor

Choose an ASUSTOR NAS for Roon Core today!

AS5402T

AS5404T

AS6702T

AS6704T

FS6706T

FS6712X
CPU Intel Celeron N5105 Quad-Core 2.0GHz (burst up 2.90 GHz) Processor Intel Celeron N5105 Quad-Core 2.0GHz (burst up 2.90 GHz) Processor Intel Celeron N5105 Quad-Core 2.0GHz (burst up 2.90 GHz) Processor Intel Celeron N5105 Quad-Core 2.0GHz (burst up 2.90 GHz) Processor Intel Celeron N5105 Quad-Core 2.0GHz (burst up 2.90 GHz) Processor Intel Celeron N5105 Quad-Core 2.0GHz (burst up 2.90 GHz) Processor
Memory 4GB SO-DIMM DDR4 (4GB x1, Expandable. Max 16GB) 4GB SO-DIMM DDR4 (4GB x1, Expandable. Max 16GB) 4GB SO-DIMM DDR4 (4GB x1, Expandable. Max 16GB) 4GB SO-DIMM DDR4 (4GB x1, Expandable. Max 16GB) 4GB SO-DIMM DDR4 (4GB x1, Expandable. Max 16GB) 4GB SO-DIMM DDR4 (4GB x1, Expandable. Max 16GB)
Compatible Drive Type: 3.5" SATA HDD; 2.5" SATA HDD; 2.5" SATA SSD; M.2 2280 NVMe 3.5" SATA HDD; 2.5" SATA HDD; 2.5" SATA SSD; M.2 2280 NVMe 3.5" SATA HDD; 2.5" SATA HDD; 2.5" SATA SSD; M.2 2280 NVMe 3.5" SATA HDD; 2.5" SATA HDD; 2.5" SATA SSD; M.2 2280 NVMe M.2 2280 NVMe M.2 2280 NVMe
Outputs: 3x USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps) 3x USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps) 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps) 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps) 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps); 2 x USB 2.0 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps); 2 x USB 2.0
Multimedia Output: 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x HDMI 2.0b 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x S/PDIF 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x S/PDIF
Network Port: 2x 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet (2.5G/1G/100M) 2x 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet (2.5G/1G/100M) 2x 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet (2.5G/1G/100M) 2x 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet (2.5G/1G/100M) 2x 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet (2.5G/1G/100M) 1 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10G/5G/2.5G/1G/100M/10M)
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