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What happened to the Innous discussion

I really wanted to read the Innous discussion because I recently bought, and then returned, an Innous Zen. I had several people listen to it a/b with my Bluesound Vault and the difference was so minor that most couldn’t hear a difference. One person heard a small difference and thought the Zen had more "punch", but also thought it wasn’t as clear and revealing as the Bluesound Vault

mojo771
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mclinnguy
740 posts
 

You would not be the first person with Mcintosh amplification to not notice any significant differences with upstream changes. 

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rick_n
274 posts
 

Not for nothing but....if the Vault has USB out and you use that in place of coax that would let the Weiss do the clocking which would likely be nice a low cost improvement.

mojo771 OP
60 posts
 

The Vault has RCA, Coax, and optical out, so I'm using the coax

guscreek
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@randymaqp 

Hi.  I have decades of instrumentation experience.  Some 0.5 PPB analyzers I have worked with use a temperature controlled optical bench to ensure a 235.7 angstrom wavelength.  Very precise and needs nothing like days to come to stability.  May I suggest the salesman was just letting your brain burn in?

sls883
669 posts
 

So, you're comparing the two streamers going into different inputs on your dac with different cables.  It could be that your dac does better with a coaxial input.  I have no idea, but you're comparing more than just the two streamers. 

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