Innuos - New Re-Clocker

Well I’m going to actually listen to the Phoenix myself,..

I happened to come across a pod cast by a online reviewer by the name of Darko , his interview is with the head of research and development for Innuos it fills in some question about their line of servers including the Phoenix. My apologies you’ll have to search for it yourself.
djones I’m going to actually listen to the Phoenix including another brand to see for myself in stead of just guessing .

Right on , I just put a deposit down on the Zenith 3 which I’ll take delivery next week and I’ll arrange to take home the Phoenix . I’m also arranging to borrow a AudioByte USB Hydra-Z with power supplies and I’m going to compare them including one other USB re-clocker from China , Matrix Audio I’ve never heard of it however apparently it’s been popular among some .

Djones I believe it is the Matrix X-Spdif 2 ,I’m borrowing it ,  his email reads Matrix Audio 2 with I2s out .
Though I fully believe the Matrix Audio will be severely disadvantaged wth comparisons to the AudioByte and Innuos I’m just curious about its performance along with the owner of the Matrix, a computer audio guy .

Thyname of course ,,,..One last thing ,, LOL  claiming to have a subjective stance still without actually listening to the Phoenix in and out of a system i find pretty funny 😆 Whoa 😳 ...of course his comments are completely meaningless and empty ,...

Djones51 A few days ago I was a little sceptical also of the Phoenix , Hmm a 3000 $ plus signal re-clocker ? after placing an order for a Innuos Zenith I looked a little deeper into what the Phoenix actually is ,...You remind me of a kid I once knew that lived down the street , his bicycle  for some reason didn’t have a seat however he rode it anyway.
he then would complain his a** was sore instead of taking steps to remedy the issue .

Now that I have listened to what the Innuos Phoenix brings well it is absolutely a step up in playback performance as described by Thyname ,Stevehuff and others here .
It didn’t take long to realize this just seconds into the first track the demonstration with the Innuos Zenith was the quickest purchase decision I’ve made in some time though I didn’t get around to checking out two other brands of re-clockers with power supplies the Phoenix is not just a re-clocker . Finally I’m getting somewhere with digital playback.

Chilehed the dealer got 50% down with a promise of a fast turn around however will see what happens,..

Now that I have spent some quality time with the Innuos Zenith 3 I find this server to be the best playback sound quality I have experienced to date in my own system .

I am absolutely thrilled with the Zenith and with the up and coming Innuos Phoenix including a completely different and new AC management from Synergistic Research, thanks in part to David_tens highest recommendation for this product line I can’t imagine the next bump up in playback performance will be like ,..

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?

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 .