Innuos Zenith SE MkII

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10 minutes ago, BigAlMc said:

Interestingly, only 2-3 hours of playing in and it seems to be settling down a bit. Sounding pretty great! That or my ears have adjusted

Must have been too hard to resist looking forward to the final verdict.

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3 minutes ago, klaus said:

I am surprised that nobody has reported from a direct Ethernet connection from a Zenith to an SMS-200ultra or similar device. From my understanding Have I to conclude that the Zenith SP alone is the better solution?

http://www.the-ear.net/review-hardware/innuos-zenith-se-mkii-std-network-audio-server

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6 minutes ago, KingRex said:

In short the server has a very fine PS. Maybe one of the best?

Certainly is up there with the best, if its based on their illuminati. Large choke input, Belleson super reg circuit, Mundorf caps. Not surprised the server is as good as you say.

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5 minutes ago, rickca said:

Looks very nice, but the upgrades are incredibly overpriced.  This is probably true on all audiophile servers. 

Similar with Zenith jumps £1600 when you opt for 4tb in lieu of 2tb SSD. Saw a 4tb new samsung 850 pro sell for £623 on ebay a couple of weeks ago. One of the good thing about DIY.

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5 minutes ago, rickca said:

That is most likely a fraudulent listing.  Retail from reputable stores is currently about $1350.

More likely old stock the seller had a few on sale and positive feedback from previous sales all sold around £650. Theres one now for £775 and open to offers, yes they retail at the price you quote and most sell on ebay around that price. Manufacturers would get them at trade price but they do need to make a profit as well as the ditributors and shops.

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13 minutes ago, BigAlMc said:

The other part of the upgrade, the power supply, well I assume that the SE owners just need to salivate here. Because short of getting Sean Jacobs to offer a substantial custom mod its not a realistic upgrade path. 

I'ts very feasible, an external 3 rail supply such as Sean's DC3 in a linear atx formation could be incorporated to replace the pico supply in combination with the internal 3 rail supply. There are also a few routes to improving clock performance, the gap between products could be narrowed.