Innuous Zenith Mk III Arrives Tomorrow

@stebrn. glad you are so happy with MKIII vs NAIM Uniti. I have two Unit on HD and another SSD, both getting a bit long in the tooth. The HD runs into an Aesthetix Pandora SIG and the SSD into a Lampizator Amber 2, both have HRS isolation, bricks and Pardo LPS.....what DAc are you running and could you describe differences ? Did you consider the new CORE ? I get that it does not include streamer functionality, etc....

your inputs appreciated 

Jim

Tomic/Jim, in answer to your questions: I’m using an Aurilac Vega dac (the original version). It’s working well but I’m  considering a newer model—Aqua, PS Audio and others.  Compared to the Naim Unitiserve, the Innuous has a solid state hard drive (not a disc drive), it has accurate information when copying   discs (the Naim often had inaccurate data and required manual entry to get it right), it’s compatible with Roon, and the sound is superior.  Not sure I can put the superiority into words. It’s detailed, and lifelike on good recordings.  The sound stage is wide for large scal music and focused with smaller scale work. (my KEF Reference 5 speakers contribute a lot to this). Hope that helps.  

@snackeyp. I’ve had a MKII for about 6 months and just started using Roon.  The MKII has dropouts when I enable DSP.  Are you successfully using DSP with the MKIII?

@fast thanks so much
the metadata engine for NAIM on the old Unitiserve certainly lacks... partly a legacy of .wav and certainly some self implicated wounds as well.
i will borrow a MK3 later this Spring to demo...

@oldschool1948 

 I had a similar experience while using the EQ within Roon's DSP.  I would set or adjust a EQ filter WHILE listening to music and go back and forth to judge if I had used enough attenuation.  While going back and forth I would get a pop and then nothing ....(dropout).  I contacted the distributor who had heard of this happening before.  He said if it happens again to unplug the USB cable then plug it back in to reset the connection.... Also to prevent it form happening again PAUSE your music before going into the DSP engine to do adjustments.  After adjustments are made disengage pause...... Since I started doing it this way I've never had a dropout.

Hope this helps.