Unboxing the Innuos ZENith Server/Streamer

Adrian unboxes the Innuos ZENith and describes some of the capabilities and features

0:00 - 4:36 Intro
4:37 - 8:30 Specifications
8:30 - 13:01 App Demonstration

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[monochromios]

InnuOS operating system is now at 2.0.8 version and to my needs it took the place of Roon. This is an value added to all Innuos servers and streamers. Thank you for mentioning the extraordinary work Nuno did and great video.

[dannykatzman]

My Zen Mini with the LPSU is absolutely amazing. I use it as a Roon Core that feeds a Naim Uniti Atom

[paulroscelli]

When setting it up there’s advance settings that have different alternatives for DSD. Can you discuss which DSD option we should be using, DSD native or or DSD over UPNP etc.

[RJ_Chicago]

I am a former owner of a Zenth Mk3 and PhoenixUSB. I don’t want to get on a soapbox here. But I will just say that my IntelNUC10 i7 with 32GB RAM and 256GB M.2 SSD with an external LPS is much more powerful than the Zenith and serves as a Roon core much better with better DSD and oversampling with no crashes as compared to my InnuOS gear. I am very happy now. YMMV. Btw, why is Qobuz no longer in Canada?

[paulroscelli]

Can you do a presentation on the reclocker?

[psyphonyxaudio]

No offence to Alex, but .. the camera is very shaky and distracting. As a point of feedback, that's all.

Great product - Nice presentation ! ... Thank you Alex / Adrian !

[fredericmorris]

Loooks great - except Ethernet only, no wi-fi?

[buddyhume]

What power cable have you found to work well with the Innous products?

[pafdouk]

The ethernet port stated as streamer is in fact a passthrough port in case you have (and I do have, MARANTZ ND 8006) another component in your stereo system that needs to be connected to ethernet

[dajikbatarang]

How much better can this sound than the Zen stream with a good power supply, if anything probably a very small delta.

[fredericmorris]

Looks great - but Ethernet only, no wi-fi?

[CarlVanDoren]

Tried Roon, hated it!! Play SiriusXM Deep Tracks w/Earle Bailey-Head Trips

[HD-susq]

Looking forward to the review! In particular how Innuous compares to Roon nucleus+ for sound and usability. I'm looking for an idiot-proof streamer/server.