Innuos ZENith Next-Gen

A Glowing Customer Testimonial "I am a longstanding executive working in the creation of music. I have many clients who make and mix the biggest records of our times, and thusly, I love and listen to music routinely. I have been evolving my system for many years. Recently, I have auditioned a good number of endpoint streamers with a Roon Nucleus and endpoint servers. Many others do a nice job of presenting something that is well framed and with strong character. The Innuos Zenith NG is aptly named. It has the speed, exactitude, and transparency to let the music speak for itself and tell ITS story in an authentic way you may just not have heard. I am not just hearing strong clarity with a vocal and solid position framing as most do. Here, I am hearing exact mic character and processing, tom tunings, character of kick and treatment, piano keys with delicacy in play and natural, organic decay, bass in a way that one knows exactly the type of bass and amp along with feeling its playing in the room, guitars exacting, also real as in the room, and vocals that reveal all in a way that is so natural, providing nuance and character I have not heretofore enjoyed. It provides incredible insight into the recordings and magic for your ears. I know exactly what happened in that room. It is the closest thing to being there I have enjoyed. Many records become effectively in-the-room jams with legendary vocalists and players. The entire soundscape is broadened and dead accurate. From subsonics to upper high end, the balance and equality of all is there. Every instrument and vocal is present and balanced in the mix; yet, wholly audible in its own space - no little bleed of one thing into another or masking. No exaggeration of sounds. It gives great recordings a sense of live playing, where one is hearing further nuances with the grooves and vocals that just were previously hidden or presented in a simple, more linear form. When something is hanging, the decay is exact and present as long as it would naturally be in its room. One gets a hint when immediately turned on for the first time. Every day for the first week brought notable betterment. It is a gift that keeps giving. Listening is a truly joyful experience. I always prefer to see if it moves someone rather than tell them about something new.  People that know my system well have walked into the room and asked, “What have you done? New DAC? It’s soooo much better. Wow!”  I could list many, many songs where this has brought exponential betterment. Perhaps, the better thing to note is that there are no works where it has not. From Rock, Alternative, Rap Classical, Jazz. Pop, Electronic, Experimental, R+B, Club and more. YES!!!!! It helps incredibly with lower res recordings and rewards higher res with “Take a bow. OK another.” style performance. If you have the system that can benefit from such a gem, don’t hesitate to audition it. " -  Mark B., Los Angeles, CA    NOTE: Innuos only allows purchases of the NG series via in-store or phone. Please call us at 866-893-3543, or message us to purchase  your Innuos Zenith NG. Trade Up to Innuos NG If you own an Innuos Pulsar, Zenith MK3, or Zen MKII SE, you may be elegible for a trade in credit equalling up to 30% off of the price of the Zen NG. Click here for details. Innuos Promotions If you own an Innuos Pulsar, Zenith MK3, or Zen MKII SE, you may be eligible for a trade in credit equaling up to 30% off of the price of the Zen NG. Click here for details. Innuos is also offering a 20% discount on accessories when ordered in combination with the Zen NG, Zenith NG and Pulsar. Add a PhoenixNet Audio network Switch for $3479.20 (Saving $599.80) Add a PhoenixUSB for $3479.20. But you could add the PhoenixUSB Lite output board for $1350. The PhoenixUSB adds it's own linear power supply, and is slightly more robust reclocking, for those that demand a no-compromise solution.  Zenith NG Innuos has a reputation for building some of the finest sounding, rock-solid performing music servers / streamers on the planet. They have obsessively researched and tweaked their existing designs over the past 3 years, and now feel confident that their new NG (Next Gen) series are a product worthy of the Innuos name. A Totally Different Animal Than The MK3 The Zen and will are higher-end ZEN series models designed to sit above the existing Mk3 models, which will remain current. The name is where the similarity ends.  The Zen and Zenith NG are a nearly complete redesign and rethinking of the tremendously successful MK3 lineup of server streamers. New power supplies, new motherboards, faster and more capable processors, more RAM and a modular approach to storage and output configuration. Heck, just the weight of the Zenith NG is Significantly more than that of it's MK3 sibling. The ZENith Next-Gen (NG) takes Innuos' innovations such as the *PreciseAudio mainboard, *NGaN regulator and *AudioCore technology to new heights compared to the ZEN Next-Gen. First, the ARC6 NGaN Power Supply, trickled-down from the power supply of the acclaimed STATEMENT Next-Gen with its Active Rectification, 300VA Audio Grade Transformer, high-performance choke and 130000uF of Mundorf capacitors, provide all the current the system needs with very low impedance so that no transient is missed. The ZENith NG upgrades the ZEN Next-Gen with a *Core i7 Embedded processor with 8 performance cores, providing further core separation for AudioCore whilst maintaining excellent overall performance for a responsive system at all times. The ZENith NG also features a *pSLC (pseudo Single-Level Cell) industrial-grade SSD for the OS, powered independently, is added directly to the PreciseAudio board. As pSLC contains simplified controllers, they generate much less EMI compared to standard SSDs. Being the OS SSD that bears most of the system work, this results in a considerably lower operating noise with direct impact on sound quality. Additional Audio Output Modules.  The Zenith NG also offers 3 upgrade modules. Digital Output Module that offers RCA coax, Balanced AES and TOSlink digital outputs.  Phoenix USB Lite - Adds a reclocked USB output that is a significant upgrade from the standard USB output that comes with the stock unit Phoenix I2S Lite - Adds and I2S output The New Sense 3 To explore the most out of the new platform, Innuos has developed Sense 3, the next generation of innuOS. Sense 3 will be based on a custom Real-time OS Kernel for ultra-low latency and includes AudioCore technology to ensure audio-related processes are run without interruptions, resulting in audible improvements in sound. Sense 3 will further add TIDAL Connect, new music library and playlist management tools, support for external USB optical drives with drive-head alignment for accurate ripping, and UI improvements. Why Innuos? Aside from the amazing products, what I like about Innuos is they don't rush a product to market, and they follow their own path of innovation. They are also good people who really support their dealers and products well. Their products are super easy to install into your home network and audio system. Once set up, rarely is there ever an issue with streaming your music collection (unless of course the internet, or your home network goes down).  The Tweek Geek Advantage When you buy an Innuos Zenith NG streamer from Tweek Geek, you not only get the support of Innuos and their expertise, you get my 14 years experience with music streaming, and the Tweek Geek level of service as well. Glossary of Innuos Buzzwords Innuos ARC6 NGaN PSU: Combining the trickled-down version of the ARC6 Active Rectification board with a 300VA Audio Grade Transformer, high-performance choke and over 130000uF of Mundorf capacitors with the cutting-edge Gallium Nitride Innuos NGaN Regulation stage results in a marked improvement in sound transparency and realism compared to the ZEN Next-Gen. Innuos PreciseAudio Mainboard: An all-new custom server-grade mainboard, ultra-tuned for low processor latency, power noise and EMI emissions; further improved by enhanced power regulators and solid capacitors. pSLC OS SSD: Superior industrial-grade pSLC SSD (Solid State Drive) for the OS (operating system) for even lower operating noise, independently powered and with power-loss protection for extra resiliency and durability.  Innuos XSM: High Performance Expandable Storage Management System (XSM) allows a single pool of storage from multiple drives. The ZENith Next-Gen supports an internal, high performance NVMe PCIe drive up to 8TB with an additional externally accessible M.2 NVMe slot for up to 8TB for a total 16TB of seamless storage. Intelligent management and data protection provided through Sense. FAQ Q: If I order a Zenith NG without the storage, does that preclude it from ever being used as a server? A: If you order the Zenith NG without storage, as long as no storage is added, it cannot store music nor act as a server. However, whether you’re going to use pre-installed storage or storage you install later it will react the same way.  As long as the unit has storage installed it will operate as a server or Roon Core.   Q: Can the DDC and the Phoenix Lite boards be installed at the same time? A: No, one can only choose either the DDC board with the additional digital outputs, or the PhoenixUSB Lite.