If your priority is sound quality with ease of use don’t waist anymore of your time with the Cocktail servers return it and get your money back ,..What you’ve read about the Innuos product line is solid information you can trust.
Management of your music collection is similar to other servers streamers on the market using your phone / iPad or what have you. I don’t know what the advantages are looking at a fixed album cover on a tv would be as opposed to a hand held device.
Dont get too hung up on only having a USB / Ethernet option , that alone kept me from even considering the Innuos server line until I finally listened to the Innuos Zenith 3.
However if you just gotta have a specific input output there’s lots of converters available on the market .
Innuos server product line cover anyone’s budget which includes their entry level server with built in dac with optional power supplies.
I use a Zenith 3 with the Innuos Phoenix, this combination is the biggest single jump in sound quality I’ve ever experienced.
Management of your music collection is similar to other servers streamers on the market using your phone / iPad or what have you. I don’t know what the advantages are looking at a fixed album cover on a tv would be as opposed to a hand held device.
Dont get too hung up on only having a USB / Ethernet option , that alone kept me from even considering the Innuos server line until I finally listened to the Innuos Zenith 3.
However if you just gotta have a specific input output there’s lots of converters available on the market .
Innuos server product line cover anyone’s budget which includes their entry level server with built in dac with optional power supplies.
I use a Zenith 3 with the Innuos Phoenix, this combination is the biggest single jump in sound quality I’ve ever experienced.