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Innuos Zen vs Pulse

Probably too early to tell, but anyone compared the two yet?

I have a Zen and was thinking of upgrading to Zenith. 

I don't need the drive, but playing off internal storage seems better quality than streaming off NAS (which I have and could use). 

Also seems the parts on Pulse are more in line with Zenith. 

But with Pulse it seems I'd have to tweak all the network stuff to get best results, eth cable, eno filter, switch, etc. vs just playing off internal storage. 

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nomorelandings
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Hi,

 

My Pulse is used solely for streaming Qobuz and Radio Paradise, for which it excels. Connected with AQ Carbon USB & Cinamon Ethernet cables - strangely, the supplied power cable sounded better than the NRG Y3 that I tried  Perhaps the Dr Sean Jacobs designed LPS is a factor there,  but the resulting SQ is beyond dispute to my ears. Cannot comment on NAS as never used one, or experienced any other Innuos products, but the processing is lightening fast. The Sense app is superb for my use, beating BluOS that I still use and streets ahead of the TEAC / Esoteric / Lumin OS.

 

 

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