Audiotroy,
I was at RMAF in early October and spent a portion of the early morning on Saturday in the two Innuos rooms and had a chance to talk to the owner and designer for Innuos and his wife as well as the importer: I was the only one in the room for a good period of time. I must say they are very nice people and seem very knowledgeable and very passionate and were pretty helpful in answering questions. Moreover, the Innuos room sounded very nice.
They had the new Innuos $13,000 statement and the old MK II SE (the limited edition that is sold out and no longer available) and did a side by side comparison. They both sounded nice, and they both sounded nice streaming tidal, which is hard to do at RMAF. But there was virtually no difference between the two, despite the price difference: the MK II SE was around $7,000 and the new statement is $13,000. I could not discern any meaningful difference between the two servers whether they were streaming tidal or playing music that was on the servers. Knowing that you have more access to servers than I do, I am curious why you think the Innuos statement will be the best server, and specifically why you think it will beat an aurender w-20 or other top servers, at least for sound. I'm personally not as concerned with which one has the best app etc., but really mostly concerned with improving my sound.
Also, you state up above, unless i misunderstood your post, and if i did i apologize in advance (I am trying to learn and not start an argument or fight) that the MK III will be the best server at its price point and it will be impossible for anything at that price point to beat it. Again, have you compared it to others or what are you basing that statement on? The second Innuos room at RMAF had the new MK III and an old MK II. I heard the MK III and again it was nice, and the room sounded nice (which is an achievement at RMAF) but there didn't seem to be anything special about the MK III.
Look forward to your response and thanks in advance.
I was at RMAF in early October and spent a portion of the early morning on Saturday in the two Innuos rooms and had a chance to talk to the owner and designer for Innuos and his wife as well as the importer: I was the only one in the room for a good period of time. I must say they are very nice people and seem very knowledgeable and very passionate and were pretty helpful in answering questions. Moreover, the Innuos room sounded very nice.
They had the new Innuos $13,000 statement and the old MK II SE (the limited edition that is sold out and no longer available) and did a side by side comparison. They both sounded nice, and they both sounded nice streaming tidal, which is hard to do at RMAF. But there was virtually no difference between the two, despite the price difference: the MK II SE was around $7,000 and the new statement is $13,000. I could not discern any meaningful difference between the two servers whether they were streaming tidal or playing music that was on the servers. Knowing that you have more access to servers than I do, I am curious why you think the Innuos statement will be the best server, and specifically why you think it will beat an aurender w-20 or other top servers, at least for sound. I'm personally not as concerned with which one has the best app etc., but really mostly concerned with improving my sound.
Also, you state up above, unless i misunderstood your post, and if i did i apologize in advance (I am trying to learn and not start an argument or fight) that the MK III will be the best server at its price point and it will be impossible for anything at that price point to beat it. Again, have you compared it to others or what are you basing that statement on? The second Innuos room at RMAF had the new MK III and an old MK II. I heard the MK III and again it was nice, and the room sounded nice (which is an achievement at RMAF) but there didn't seem to be anything special about the MK III.
Look forward to your response and thanks in advance.