Innuos - New Re-Clocker

You never answered my previous question @audiotroy . Let me try again: has any of YOUR customers received the PhoenixUSB? Be honest please

I have one on loan from my local dealer and have for about a week. Placing my order today after an entire week of testing it out. But I use a Zen MINI MKIII and it drastically improves it with exactly the same things LiquidSound said above. 

When I listen for a few days with the Phoenix, and then remove it I notice a collapse in Soundstage, less bass, more grain and less refinement and air. When it goes back in, it's like an all new server. Refinement, smooth, wide soundstage, more holographic, etc. All the good things get better, and not by a tiny margin. 

I also have the power supply on order for the Mini III and feel a Mini with Power Supply and Phoenix will be quite special. It already is with the re-clocker. My dealer says he has no idea if they are in stock, which tells me there may be a wait. I have been waiting on my Mini MKIII power supply for about 3 weeks now. The Mini III came in one week. 

Anyway, the Phoenix makes a difference and a good one, with the Mini MKIII. IN fact I auditioned the Zenith III and prefer the sound of the Mini III with Reclocker over the Zenith III. It took me a week of audition to relieve I had to have the Phoenix. Again, when I took it out...I lost a lot of the magic. Cant explain it, but it works and I am not using crazy cables. I have one Audioqest Diamond USB and one Forest USB. The Phoenix ships with a power cable and USB cable. I tried the stock USB and it's just as good as my Forest. I do not feel I need to buy another Diamond and won't. Nor will I upgrade the power cable on the Phoenix. Its great as is. 

I just recently returned a Innuos Zenith 3 with 2 TB SSD and after a few days with it I like it a lot and I’m ready to purchase one. With adding the Phoenix and cables it puts it at the very top of my budget.
SteveHuffs comments above sound a little off to me regarding his experience with the entry level Innuos server with the added Phoenix  out performing the stand alone Zenith 3 .
How is it the Phoenix re-clocker could bring the sound quality of the Zen Mini that far ?
Im just curious because of my time spent with the Zenith , it’s a hit with me and with all the other re-clocker converters on the market for much less of the price of the Phoenix I. wonder has anyone here done any direct comparisons?

@in_shore The general feedback on USB reclockers (inserted prior to the the DAC) is positive and owners are happy with the results achieved.

I doubt there are ’many’ direct comparisons to the Phoenix since it hasn’t been out that long AND as others have reported, there aren’t many units out there at this time. Further, most will likely be paired with another Innuos product.

I don’t see any reason why another brand of reclocker would not improve results when placed after an Innuos server/streamer. It is a reclocker’s stated / designed function. The same holds for the Phoenix paired with a non-Innuos server/streamer.

David I don’t have any experience with any in-line re-clocker though a previous dac I owed did re-clock the signal internally . It makes perfect sense they work and I would myself try one of those after market re-clocker / converters before shelling out 3200 bucks ,however who knows .

Innuos proprietary design features with their servers are smart and they may have developed something different with the Phoenix that other developers haven’t thought of or the Phoenix could be just another re-clocker in a nice looking box except for $3,200.00 .