Innuos owners. Chime in

@carlsbad 

I have read that SQ is optimal with the Sense app instead of with Roon. If you have compared both on SQ alone, you will know if SQ is really any different. Roon interface is of course a big plus that may negate any subtle SQ differences.

Innuos is deliberately designed with a low power, low noise CPU. Roon however puts heavy demands on the CPU through DSP and other features, so it fundamentally follows a different design philosophy. Hence the better sound from Sense on Innuos equipment.

@antigrunge2

Innuos is deliberately designed with a low power, low noise CPU.

Hence the better sound from Sense on Innuos equipment.

+1.

The Sense app has 2 great features that also optimise SQ - Offline mode and Queue cache clearing.

Roon vs Innuos Sense app :-

https://community.roonlabs.com/t/having-problems-with-roon-with-innuos-zenith/169710

Roon does not seem to synergise with Innuos. 

@jon2020 

Care to elaborate on benefits of queue cache clearing? It is per Innuos reserved for service personnel and I don’t understand why it would improve SQ