Innuos Pulsar - Some Interesting Info for Innuos Owners


I’ve been in touch with Nuno Vitorino at Innuos, and he tells me that the new Pulsar network streamer should be better than my current ZENith + PhoenixUSB reclocker.  The Pulsar has an upgraded power supply and includes a “PhoenixUSB Lite”. Nuno says the Pulsar should offer streaming performance on par with the Statement. He also mentioned that the Statement with the Next-Gen power supply is better still, but it is almost three times the cost of the Pulsar…

Since I exclusively stream, this makes sense to me, if the Pulsar is in fact better. After selling my ZENith Mk3, and my PhoenixUSB, along with one power cord and a USB cable, this upgrade should almost be cost-neutral. Plus, my system would get to lose one box, and would also lose two cables, which is really nice as things are getting rather chaotic behind my system.

Innuos is sending a demo Pulsar to my local dealer (who is not even an Innuos dealer) so I can try at home. Hopefully it works out.

Great company and great support….

 

 

nyev

A new Innuos Pulse owner shared his initial listening impressions. Very promising to say the least.

 

Thanks, good to know!  Sounds like it’s only the Pulsar availability which is delayed.  

Too bad the Pulsar has no server anymore. Unsure on upgrading my Zenith mk2

Too bad the Pulsar has no server anymore. Unsure on upgrading my Zenith mk2

It seems that Innuos will have full music servers (Zen products) and dedicated network players (Pulse products).This makes sense to me and a good idea.

Given the undetermined wait for the Pulsar, I am a bit interested in the Grimm Mu-1.  It’s one of those devices that pro reviewers use superlatives to describe.  Two reviewers (one being HiFi Advice which is well regarded) say it’s the best streamer they’ve heard and absolutely gush about it.  Most go on about the left to right and front to back separation of instruments thanks to the 4X upsampler, which is apparently extremely good.