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Innuos as Core and Streamer for digital solution w Roon

Hi All, been learning more about how to set up an improved streaming experience from Bluesound Node 2i.  I know I want to do Roon and learned that Innuos is a good product for that, thinking Zen Zenith MKIII (while Ive been eyeing Aurender products (N200-6,000).  Just wondering if you guys have, or are, using Innuos products and how they work for Room and as a streamer.  6K for me is a lot but the rest of the system is pretty solid. McIntosh MA 8950 integrated, Dynaudio Heritage Special speakers, REL sub.  Will the Zen Mini be enough?

Thanks!!

 

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john1629 OP
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Bob, do you think there’s a noticeable improvement from Mini to Zen M3

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I have the INnuos Zenith Mk3.  I run my core on a seperate NUC with ROCK on it.  I've read that the core is better off on it's own machine. 

Realize that you can't use Roon with Aurender.  

Jerry

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If you are looking for the best sound with an Innuos product you wont get there with Roon.  The Innuos Sense App - which is a free server / player like Roon is custom made for their hardware. 

Sense sounds way better than Roon. 

If you are committed to Roon as a Server use the Experimental Mode with Innuos, it is better than Roon.

And, I agree running the Roon Server/Core on a different machine is better- I bought a used Antipodes Core for that because it is engineered to be an audio server.  Now I use the Core as a NAS, it integrated with the Sense app easily.

If you are thinking of using Roons DSP it won't run well on an Innuos product, not enough CPU power, you will need a server.  

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