Adding Innuos Zenith to Phantoms setup

[steve_denney]

Just thought I would share my recent upgrade.
Pair Gold Phantoms and Dialog all still on DOS1.
I had a Unitiserve HDD plus longdog audio linear power supply.
The Unitiserve was connected to Dialog with Toslink but because of the dropouts bug issue I changed to purely Upnp.

I have been thinking about changing to the Zenith and finally did the upgrade on Friday. CD collection migrated from Unitiserve to Zenith was a simple process.
The Zenith has an Ethernet out for attaching to a streamer so I have used this to connect to the Dialog rather than running a long cable from the switch to Dialog. I was a little worried that I would have problems but it has all worked seamlessly.
I use MConnect for Upnp control and again, all is fine.
I could never get to backup from the Unitiserve but attaching an external USB drive and running a full backup via the Innuos url was a breeze.
I have to say I am very impressed so far. The Zenith performs flawlessly. The sound was a little restrained to start but has now opened out. Without trying to go overboard describing the sound I just really enjoy it a lot more than when using the Unitiserve. My reason for adding this article is to help anyone wondering if/how the Innuos servers will work with Devialet. I hope it is useful. Cheers


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[tsmithpam]

Thanks for this. I too use Innuos. Zen mini which I find works great with my classic phantoms. I connect all three to the router via Ethernet cables and use ipeng as my controller. I like ipeng and the whole family seem happy using it. Apparently innuos are developing their own controller app due soon.


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[Snoopy8]

My reason for adding this article is to help anyone wondering if/how the Innuos servers will work with Devialet. I hope it is useful.

Thank you.  Good to know that Innuos supports UPnP well.  I have always favoured UPnP over AirPlay and optical in, finding that it produced the best sound quality.

Zen mini which I find works great with my classic phantoms. I connect all three to the router via Ethernet cables and use ipeng as my controller. 

I understand that iPeng works only with Logitech Media Server (LMS).  I am surprised that Innuos uses LMS. Is the connection to the Phantoms using UPnP or Airplay protocols?

[Snoopy8]

Zen mini which I find works great with my classic phantoms. I connect all three to the router via Ethernet cables and use ipeng as my controller. 

I understand that iPeng works only with Logitech Media Server (LMS).  I am surprised that Innuos uses LMS. Is the connection to the Phantoms using UPnP or Airplay protocols?

Answering my own question (and shows how little I know of Innuos!).

Innous does support LMS, hence iPeng is one of the Apps that can be used.  It is likely they have implemented the LMS UPnP/DLNA Bridge plugin which will see the Phantom as a UPnP player.

[steve_denney]

Yes it seems that currently until Innuos release their own App in the next few weeks, ipeng is their suggested App for IOS devices.
I was already using MConnect so have decided to continue with this for now.
The Artist/album display is not brilliant from the App but it does the job. Hopefully the Innuos App will show more detail.
I must say I am very impressed so far with the sound. It is now my preferred source whereas I always went to Qobuz before rather than an album stored on the Unitiserve.
I also want to give Titan Audio mains cables a plug. Not wanting to open the debate whether cables make a difference but I needed longer mains for the phantoms and Innuos and Titan offer some well made cables at sensible prices. Almost local too being made in N. Ireland.


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[tsmithpam]

Yes, you’re right. It works well for me and the family build playlists etc. I hardly ever stream to qobuz or tidal but have also used it this way. I will definitely try the innuos app when it’s ready as they are a very supportive company and help on tech matters for me is important!


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