scottcocoabeach

I checked my on my older Synology NAS and it's a DS415+ upgraded to 8GB of RAM. It worked fine with Roon as well. The key is to have the Roon Database on an external SSD drive (or internal) the music files can be on the NAS HDD drives. The RAM upgrade is necessary as well.

Ordered bundle #5 on the Black Friday special. Looking forward to a big upgrade from the Sonic Orbiter SE!

I have it on an 1817+ and had it on a much slower one that worked fine as well. Just need to upgrade the RAM if you haven’t already and make sure the database is on a small SSD (I have mine hooked up via USB). Works great. 33k library and no concerns with going larger.

Jhawlker - I just wanted to let you know I have an iFi Micro iDSD as well and I ran into the same issues. With my X-Sabre I don't have these issues at all, so I definitely think it's related to the iFi Micro. Chris - thanks so much for posting this tutorial. I was really looking for a bedside solution for streaming that didn't require my TV or Laptop to be on. I was using my Fiio X5 but that didn't give me access to my full library and the Coaxial connection on the X-Sabre doesn't seem as good as the USB connection. This guide was great and worked right from my first try. This post sent me on to get a Raspberry PI 2 and another BBB to play with some other options such as Volumio and Rune. I tried burning those images over and over and couldn't get them to boot using a Sandisk 32 GB Class 10 card. After about a week of frustration, I finally ordered a couple of Kingston 8GB cards and now I am trying out Volumio. In case it's helpful to others those 32GB cards seem to be an issue but the 8GB cards are taking the image on my first try. Looking forward to experimenting with these others options. Your solution is awesome and I'm really pleased with the sound quality. Thanks for the education! This tutorial is really fantastic! My new chain - Synology NAS to BBB as outlined in the article - USB to Matrix XSabre DAC - Violectric HPA V281 - HD800 (with Norne Balanced Cable) or PM2 (with Oppo balanced cable) (others headphones on occasion).