Hi,

That sounds OK.

I’m not too familiar with the Roon Nucleus, but in theory you could connect it to a processor or a DAC directly via it’s HDMI or USB outputs, with the 218 the sensible thing is to connect both (the Nucleus and the 218) to you network and run them separately.

Brian

Main: G65, MD600 Sooloos, MC200 Roon Core, MS600, 210, 218, UHD722, DSP5200SE, DSP5200HCSE, M6 & DSW.2
System 2: AC200 MS200, WiiM Pro+, M6.
Other: DSP5000 (96/24v1), DSP3300.