OK, as this is the Phoenix reclocker thread and to get the ball rolling before I feedback with my listening thoughts, the Phoenix reclocker is meant as an add on to the Innuos Zenith range of servers to take them on the way towards the performance and sound of the Statement server.
To understand the audience, can I have a little feedback first of all whether people generally accept that there is a difference in sound quality between the different Innuos servers and whether they agree that the sound of the Statement server is the best sound quality. It would perhaps be useful if people could say whether they have heard the Statemnet server and if so whether they were able to compare it to any others in the same system and using the same DAC etc?
My wife’s third cousin twice removed listened to an Innuos. Not sure which one or what they thought of it.
He was sat with his cat and his wife.My wife’s third cousin twice removed listened to an Innuos. Not sure which one or what they thought of it.
I guess if Innuos simply bundled a reclocker, or integrated one into their boxes, then there’d be no need to add one afterwards. It’s odd that they don’t given the evidence that reclockers make an audible difference (forgetting whether its measurable or not).
The Phoenix is indeed available integrated within one of the Innuos servers, the Statement.
The add on box of the Phoenix is I understand intended to be a way of owners being able to move their existing server towards the sound quality of the Statement. I have heard the Innuos Statement compared to the Innuos SE and to my ears the Statement was clearly preferable so I am interested to see if the Phoenix can move my Innuos SE towards the Statement in terms of sound quality.
As you have the Phoenix there, can you use it with a bog standard computer and a dedicated music streamer and see if the end results are identical. Then the Phoenix may hold some merit to its existence to both sides of the camp?!
So having read the bumf on the device from various sources. It's a usb to usb device that provides a reclocked usb output inc a new clean 5v.
Maybe the 5v makes a difference, perhaps it can do something for synchronous USB dacs. I still doubt its function with and competent USB dac with a decent xmos implementation
If I had a dac which sounded different on different servers/pi/nuc/ whatever then I'd consider it unfit for purpose
I should be able to try that.