Innuos owners. Chime in

@jred

Just wondering how you are coming along with your Zen Mk 3. I am enjoying mine very much with a Shunyata digital power cord and Shunyata usb cable. And the Sense app is just wonderful with all functions at your fingertips. Cheers!

Enjoy the music. Jon.

@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.

@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. 

@antigrunge2

The current version of the Sense app allows you to clear your queue cache without going through service personnel.

Clearing the queue cache is like clearing the cache of your computer or phone. It regularly frees up memory hogged by older tracks in the queue.

As your current playlist gobbles up RAM, removing old tracks from RAM to get new tracks ready for playing improves SQ.

Hope this helps. :)

@carlsbad2

Thanks for the reassurance but maybe it’s just me as I really do like the Sense interface. So less is just more in terms of fewer circuits and cables.

Cheers!

@carlsbad2

I am going along with @antigrunge2 :-

"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."

If you don’t hear a difference, it doesn’t mean there is no difference. To each his own, as always.