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Innuos Statement Review
I have finally setup my system to 95% of the way I want it. Won’t go into details but I can say now with confidence that I literally feel like I’m in the studio with the artists like they are there beside me and I think that’s what a lot of us want but never can quite attain to. It’s taken a lot of money time effort, knowledge gathering but there’s that 5% still but going to give my wallet a little rest for now and enjoy what I have in audio bliss. Hoping the rest of you can attain this regardless of what system you end up buying as you all know I’ve done it with my preferred Antipodes CX/EX setup... I can speak only for myself in that I prefer a nice listening session over a fine wine, delicious meal, dessert ; that’s how good things are now... if your not there yet... well... keep eating fine meals till you do.... later ! |
Its been a while since anyone posted here. I was at a local dealer today and I can proudly say that I steered someone way from the Statement to the CX/EX combo. He's a rich guy so money isn't going to be a factor to him. I didn't knock that statement but did tell him that Antipodes product sound signature is more liquid and relaxed. He knows I spend a lot of time listening. The dealer also agreed and while the statement is more expensive it wasn't about money more the sound signature preference. |
RE: Dave/Troy Reply: BANG on ! (D/T: You were rather polite not to draw attention to the seriously flawed spdif specification; it was, and remains a poor digital transmission scheme -recovering clock data/syncing being particularly probelematic. Its time has mercifully, come to a near end. That a few manufacturer's (of modern Streamers/Player's) use BNC/AES-EBU I suspect is simply for their familiarity with the specification, and NOT on any of its perceived superiority. With that said, Wrd. Clk integration and dual AES/or BNC) may is another story altogether -as is i2S (over HDMi/RJ-45). Manufacturer's reluctance tto adopt the i2S 'spec' -20 years ago,if not longer- raises questions regarding their own understanding of clock-recovery precision on performance capability.) pj audiotroy2,514 posts07-04-2019 10:14amTo Lalik and a few others lets frame this discussion, that for 99.9% of the market that is looking for a Statement or other serious state of the art music servers, most people are going to be actually using either USB or Ethernet connections. The other interesting point we would differ on from Lalik is his viewpoint that most dacs are optomized for 16/44k really? Most of the worlds top digital manufacutures are all producing dacs that can handle very high data rates, other than older dacs with chipsets or inputs that can't handle the higher resolution files this is the case. Look at DCS, Esoteric, EMM Labs, Light Harmonic, T+A, Rokna, Aqua Hifi. MSB, and many others, they all have access to be able to play high resolution files. Does that mean that an older dac that can't play those files isn't good of course not, but we live in a world of 4k TV doesn't it make sense if you are purchasing a brand new state of the art TV to purchase one which can access those files even if true 4k content is limited? Then you have the ability for many TV's or projectors to upconvert an image to a 4k standard even when feeding the TV or projector a 2k image, if it looks better to you do you care that the image isn't native? The reason that many modern dacs only offer ethernet or usb is really simple: asyncronous data transmission and ethernet packeted data are the best ways of miminimizing jitter going from a server to a dac. Spdif, Aes/Ebu and Toslink are really not up to the task beyond conventional data rates. With Ethernet and Usb you have the advantages: You have the option of accessing: Naitve DSD files, MQA files Also you have the additonal option of being able to upconvert 16bit 44k pcm to higher data rates 24bit 192k, 384k and above depending on the server and dac. Many Dacs that we sell actually do seem to sound better with upconverted data files even if the standard files started out in 16/44. If you consider that Innous specifically built the Statement to provide the best sounding data from Ethernet and USB and they spent considerable money on making sure those pathways are the best sounding and optomized it makes sense. We sell multiple brands of severs, and dacs because one size does not fit all. If you are adament about having more or different digital outputs then USB and Ethernet then you are free to purchase a unit which has those features. Dave and Troy Audio Doctor NJ Innous dealers |