Innuos Zenith Mk3 or something else?

@longinc genuinely hard to comment. It’s one for an audition. I have a weak point in my system as, to get it going, I used a £30 wireless bridge, which is still in place. I kind of assumed the switch would therefore give the biggest uplift compared to the reclocker. On auditioning, the uplift from the reclocker was by far the bigger. Go figure. Saving up for it as I write.

@longinc  I've been very happy with my Innuos Zen Mk3. I decided to get the Zen rather than the Zenith because I saw the Zen as an excellent value and I could put the cost savings toward the cost of the Phoenix USB, which I later did. (By the way, Innuos is running a promotion in October for 15% off the cost of the Phoenix for any current Zen or Zenith owners, or for those who buy the Phoenix along with the Zen or Zenith.)

With regard to the upgrade issues you asked about, I would recommend the Phoenix USB and an Ethernet filter like the ENO from Network Acoustics. Their effects are additive. If I had to choose between the two, I'd give the nod to the Phoenix, but a demo in your own system could help you decide for sure. After I already had the Phoenix and ENO filter in my system, I noticed some improvement from going to an English Electric 8Switch to replace a basic Netgear switch in my Ethernet set-up. I have not upgraded my cable modem or router (or their power supplies) so I can't estimate how much of an improvement those changes might make.

Good luck with your decisions.

I recently purchased a Zenith and am very pleased with it. The Sense app is excellent and easy to work with and the Zenith sound is quite pleasing. I have it paired with the finest dac I've owned, the Merason DAC1. The combinations has an incredibly musical, detailed sound that is intoxicating. I was told ahead of time that the Zenith was a big step up from the Zen so I took my friend's advice and went that direction, happy I did! Thanks to grannyring's comments on the Network Acoustics Eno system it will be next.

We were a major innous dealer, the mini even with an lps does not sound as good as the zen.

We dropped Innous to import the 432Evo servers out of belgium, which were being rated as superior sounding to the Innous. on several European forums.

one reviewer hailed the Aeon was being as the best sounding USB source he has ever heard.

https://432evo.be/index.php/2020/05/22/hi-fi-choice-recommended-components-award-432-evo-aeon-ed-sel...

the Evo servers sound considerably better then the Innous servers, and can be completely upgraded, so at any time you can improve the servers sound quality by swapping parts,

A client can start with a 432Evo High emd server us 5,50000 piece, and then can upgrade it later to the more amazing sounding Aeon $7,500.00, just by paying the difference.


This also means that as better clock boards or sound cards come out we can easily upgrade a clients server, even the rear panel can be altered  to accomodate for future new types of connections.


Dave and Troy
Audio intellect NJ
US Importer 432Evo servers

Nice try. Could you post links to those European forums for this always interested European who quietly haunts several of the major ones and sees little to no mention of the 432Evo. Better still post the link to the review please. Only asking because the pseudo science behind it is what we over here would tend to call “bollox”. 
Local to me are 2 dealers who stock the 432Evo. I’ve an open mind so borrowed one for a month, which turned into 6 weeks and put it up against a Statement belonging to a near neighbour. There is no “better”. I’d say there clear differences, strengths and weaknesses. Ultimately a matter of personal preference. It’s a good server and for some it will be but hard to say with a serious face that it’s better and frankly Sense/Innuos 2.07 alone would be enough to persuade most looking for accessibility to leave it alone.

Anyway, links please.