Innuos Zenith Mk3 or something else?

+1 on Auralic Aries G2/G2.1 sounding better than the Innous Zenith MK3

I’m not one of AudioTroys customers I live in another country, each to our own , I had owed a Innuos Zenith MK 3 and loved it for a while then I listened to the 432 Evo Aeon server . The dealer lent me to directly compare to my Zenith. One of the very first things I noticed was the Aeon was much quieter then the Zenith resulting in a lower noise floor which anyone here knows what that results to for your listening pleasures .

After over a year owning the Evo Aeon I have upgraded to a used Innuos Statement server , I have never fallen in love with stereo components nor have I married any of them so I would rarely ever get offended like some do on these forums.

Thanks in shore that is exactly how we feel these devices are tools

Would be interested in your view @in_shore as regards the Zenith 3 with 2/Sense. I’m on 2.08 now and the noise floor keeps dropping and is now measurably ahead of the Evo. That said, if you’ve a Statement, you’re not really going to care :)

Mahughes the two servers do sound different and after I took delivery of my Aeon in 2019 a new clock board became available.

Evo do not not reclock but directly clock the USB board , the topology of this server is different of course however I had the new clock board installed by the dealer later further upgrades to the SSD and CPU including firmware updates, it’s a progressive design.

Initially when Innuos released their , “I felt very expensive reclocker”the Phoenix plus the added cost of a 2nd quality USB cable and a decent power cord brought the cost over $4,000.00 USD was a turn off for me which sparked an interest what was available in another brand of server in and around the price of the Zenith and Phoenix combined .
With some back and forth chatting a local dealer lent me the Aeon to  compare with my Zenith and as good as the Zenith is the Aeon much better and the sound was different which I preferred this was before the new clock board and other updates to the Aeon .  

Fast forward to today I now use a Innuos Statement that I like very much , it is a clear upgrade from the Evo Aeon for about the same price on the used market as a new Evo Aeon .

There are a few claims the Phoenix with the Zenith will get you 90 % of the performance of the Innuos Statement for thousands less , maybe, maybe not anyway the best way to determine what’s best for you is to actually listen to said components in your own system of course.