Description
Flexible, music server, streamer with integrated optical networking
High-performance 2024 specification. Optical network connections can considerably reduce digital noise in an audio system
Sonicorbiter V2.8 based, Nova software with many advanced features
- Internal Sonore opticalModule adapter option with internal linear power regulator
- Connect to regular network and/or optical network or endpoints
- Direct connect optical fibre to OpticalRendu (or SOSE) for highest quality playback
- Up to 12TB of internal SSD storage
- Low resonance, all aluminium enclosure. Heat-pipe cooled. Completely silent
- EMF treatment to ram and data SSD
- Support flac, wav, alac, aiff, etc including PCM768/DSD 512
- All versions considerably exceed Roon Labs hardware recommendations
- Run both Roon and HQ Player Server on a single device
- Purchase internal storage, attach USB drives or use with a NAS
- Interactive visual tag, and cover-art editing options (licence required)
- ‘Roonify’ NAIM/Linn/Moon/Melco etc (inbuilt Sonore Bridge SW)
- Onboard SongKong option can integrate NAIM wav library
- Rip direct to system library with in-built CD drive (lossless flac or uncompressed)
Very high performance Roon and HQPlayer (Also, LMS etc, see on-board Apps below). Most Apps can be run concurrently so that you can also drive different systems at different parts of the home
Runs all your high processor requirement upsampling, digital volume control, and DSD to PCM conversions. Run multiple DSP plug-ins at once on 6 powerful cores (XL). Great for upsampling to DSD512. You can connect a USB DAC directly to the system, but for best playback quality most users will connect a ‘rendu’ endpoint, or network enabled DAC
Storage: We normally reserve 30GB for system software and libraries (60GB, 2TB and above)
Add a Sonore Signature Rendu SE optical for highest quality connection to USB DAC. Also works well with our opticalRendu, ultraRendu, microRendu, or other Roon Ready players or endpoints
Prestige optical server, stores your music, runs streaming services such as Qobuz and Tidal and has an optical Ethernet port for for playback via optically networked players such as our opticalRendu or Signature Rendu SE optical. A RJ45 network port connects to your router so you can also attach a standard Ethernet players/streamers or network DAC
Switch between: LMS, Roon Server, MPD, DLNA, SONOS, HQ Server embedded, HQ Player, Minimserver, PLEX, Bubble etc. Or run multi-apps on same music library to different playback devices around the home
Systems comparison
Roon Nucleus has a dual core i3 with 4GB of RAM (Nucleus+ has a dual core i7)
Audiostore Premium Systems include 500GB SSD internal storage as standard (Faster and better than NAS or external storage). So can store at least 1000 CDs. See options for additional storage
We use high performance, low energy versions full-spec CPUs (not puny the devices used in many competitive products)
Premium Ultra optical server has powerful CPU with 16GB Ram
Premium Ultra+ optical server is at least 10% faster
Need higher performance? See Small Green Computer SonicTransporter i9 Optical, or ask us for other options
Power consumption: 12-20w, ~90w peak
Ports: USB3 x 2 (back-up/USB storage) Gigabit network, SFP optical network
Size Regular version: W335mm x D290mm, H60mm (Matches 2/3 width HiFi) (+ 8 mm, feet)
Size: Wide version: W435mm x D325mm, H60mm (Matches full width HiFi) (+ 8 mm, feet)
Size: Narrow version: W240mm x D250mm, H100mm (Matches half width HiFi) (+ 8 mm, feet)
You can also use Squeezelite for Roon playback
How do I use this? – You will normally need to add an opticalRendu, power supply (for rendu) and OM1 optical fibre cable to your order (and a USB DAC) Unless you have an optical network connect by regular copper RJ45 network to your router. (It will also play out to regular network players via RJ45). You need a Roon licence or trial to use Roon. HQPlayer Server requires a (HQP embedded) licence (Runs 20 mins in demo mode)(as often as you wish)
For similar capabilities at a budget price please see our Prestige Optical Server
Note: Hardware shortages mean that products are subject to change
Review(s) (Premium Server) posted
Grandioser Roon Server – Niels WE Germany
Ich habe den Premium Roon Server nun 4 Monate spielen. Ich bin fasziniert von dem klanglichen Ergebnis. Roon läuft über 16 GB XL ultra stabil und völlig Fehlerfrei. Einige meiner Freunde sind ebenfalls vom Premium Server total begeistert. Das Gerät sieht dazu extrem wertig aus und wird noch nichtmal lauwarm. CDs rippen geht mit dem eingebauten Laufwerk kinderleicht. Insgesamt lässt sich das Gerät sehr einfach bedienen. Ich war von der ersten Sekunde an begeistert und kann nach 4 Monaten nur mein größtes Kompliment aussprechen. Wie viel Ruhe und Schwärze ich mit dem Klangbild dazugewonnen habe, lässt mir regelmäßig den Atem stocken. Kein Vergleich zu meinen vorigen Servern, welche auch nicht gerade billig waren. Ich kann den Premium Server jedem echten High End Liebhaber nur ans Herz legen. Martin ist ein sehr netter Mensch der grundsätzlich mit Rat und Tat zur Seite steht. Also den super Service möchte ich natürlich auch Lobenswert erwähnen. Vielen Dank das dieses Gerät meine Musiksammlung bereichert hat. 10 von 10 Punkten an den wunderbaren Premium Server.
Audiostore Premium, Peter
I was looking for a premium server on which Roon Core with all the possible additional functions can be executed without any problems. The server was delivered in January after a short lead time. The processing and sound quality is excellent. Everything great! At the point again an express thanks to Martin for his patience who answered all my questions in detail and for his good advice regarding the configuration of the premium server. The server is powered by a UpTone JS-2, which I also ordered. In the future, I will certainly contact Martin first regarding questions / expanding my system.
Un formidable appareil Hi-fi – Philippe
Fin décembre 2014 après avoir regardé un tas d’appareils avec les mêmes possibilités, je me suis finalement décidé pour acheter une VortexBox Premium avec 4TB d’espace. Mon choix c’est porté sur cet appareil car au regard de ses possibilités il n’y a rein d’équivalent chez la concurrence à prix égal! Après plusieurs Explications avec la société, à vrais dire avec Martin (encore un tout grand merci à toi pour ton temps et ta patience) nous avons finalisé la commende de ma VB avec les différentes options dont j’avais besoin pour l’insérer dans mon installation. Ma VB est branchée sur un Dac Aune S16 et raccordée sur un amplificateur Musical Fidelity M6si avec des haut-parleurs Kef Q900. Pour le fonctionnement de la VB j’ai simplement installé l’application Ipeng sur un IPad et le tour est joué. Quel plaisir et quelle facilité d’utilisation, il suffit d’insérer un CD de votre collection et la VB fait le reste! Un réel plaisir de retrouver tous vos CD en un simple glissement de doigt et avec une qualité de son vraiment très très bonne. La VB fonctionne sans être trop bruyante et ne chauffe pratiquement pas. Depuis j’en ai même profité pour prendre un abonnement à “Qobus” et là également un vrai plaisir avec cette VB. De plus et ce n’est pas négligeable, à chaque hésitation sur une utilisation, un petit Mail à Martin, et vous avez la réponse à vos incertitudes. Que du bonheur.
VortexBox Premium – Nick Blight
I bought the Premium back in July 2013 I went for the Premium because it was a standard 19 size box to fit in with everything else ,the box looks great !! I had been looking for a system to rip/store all of my music and would playback at CD quality ,my setup is a Cambridge Audio NP30 through a Azur 840a to a pair of B&W CM9 s The software is very easy to use and you can add and delete files easily as I have added files through my computer ,and have also been able to add missing artwork The sound quality is excellent and it plays gapless tracks as if it were the original CD I use either my i-phone or i-pad to control the music it is so easy to play any tracks or whole albums Have not had any problems with playing tracks even when the NP30 was only connected on the wi-fi (have since hardwired everything) My only criticize is on the backup side, would have liked a remote network drive option instead of USB only I have used a piece of software called Allway sync to backup my library onto a nas drive Would and have recommend this kit,after care is also excellent questions answered very quickly
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