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Innuos Zenith Mk3 or something else?

Hello There,

Hoping to tap into the collective insight of this group. I am planning to buy a music server+streamer combo and am thinking of the Innuous Zenith Mk3. And have some questions before i pull the trigger:


1. Any rumors/insights of a new version of the Zenith Mk3 launching soon? (hate to buy into this and have a new version pop up in short order. I think the Mk3 has been around for over 2 years now and so I thought i would check in with this group)


2. Any other music server/streamer combo I should consider at this price point? (the Zenith Mk3 retail is ~$4700)


My budget is to keep it under $5K. Thank you!


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mahughes
171 posts
 
I’ve had the pleasure of comparing both once again since the move to 2.0/Sense app and, putting aside that I would have agreed with you re: noise floor but disagreed re: timbre which is really DAC dependent, the drop in the noise floor with 2 has been widely commented upon. It is now significantly better than the Evo and pulling away with each new update. I get better results with a £30 wiriest grudge with the Innuos than with a £400 Chord ethernet cable on the Evo.
That’s before you even start discussing apps, where the Innuos is now effectively one of the market leaders if not the market leader.
musicmann1
96 posts
 
Do you have a link for the Wiriest Grudge Ethernet cable?
Thanks...
mahughes
171 posts
 
Ah the joys of a sight impairment and autocorrect :)
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in_shore
596 posts
 
Mahughes I assume you replied to me ,,..,..Timbre ? where did I mention timbre ? and what do you find significantly better with each passing new update over the Evo Aeon ? you forgot to mention that ,.
I no longer have the 432 Evo Aeon i prefer a Innuos Statement however the Evo Aeon is definitely a very good server that doesn’t need a separate $3200.00 add on USB reclocker for a lift in performance….
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audiotroy
3,876 posts
 
Another interesting note the latest Evos are considerably different Then the units they were building a few years back

The latest units have a new cpu clock and soundcard

And of course an older evo can be completely brought up to current specs

Mahuges I bet you wish your innous could be upgraded

In the future when Innous comes out with improved hardware

Yes we will stick to a modular and upgradable platform that can always be state of the art

DAVE AND TROY
audio intellect nj
Us importer 432EVO

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