Innuos Zenith ripper/streamer

[Antoine]

I have never read a negative review about the Innuos, in the most cases the Innuos is the reference device for the reviewers. What´s about the two guys, who have sold their SE´s and bought AL NUCs - are they happy, are they sure that their AL NUC´s have a better SQ ?

Hi Midi, sorry if I implied anything negative about the Innuos. I’m not saying it’s bad, not at all, I believe it’s good based on the many user reviews I’ve read. Just wanted to state that there is no magic used by Innuos and other off the shelve hardware (whether or not using usb/ethernet specialist add-ons) may perform equally well, less or better. Just because it (the NUC) is cheap” is not a qualifier IMO. Cheap is relative BTW, once you have everything in place including the mandatory high quality PSU the total is higher than just the NUC (or two of them in a server/endpoint combo).

Of course finding those right hardware/software/add-on combinations is the hard part so Innuos might just be the ticket for those not wanting to that work or keep up to date following the DIY community (can’t blame them!).

Edit; the comparison by one of the Zenith SE MK2 owners here: https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic...ent=902212