Innuos Zenith SE MkII

[mrkoven]

I currently have Roon core on a PC server and use Aries as an endpoint into Mscaler + DAVE. 

I am wondering about adding the Zenith. Would I still need the Aries as endpoint or could (should) I use Zenith directly into M scaler + DAVE, can it function as a core and endpoint or better to keep the Aries as endpoint and Zenith as core?

[mrkoven]

On 1/12/2019 at 10:37 AM, thyname said:

 

ZENith MK3 (and the MK2) can definitely act as both Roon Core and Endpoint. That’s how I am using it now with my DAC, Ayre QX-5 Twenty. It sounds better than using the built in bridge on my Ayre as endpoint. 

 

I ended up ordering a Mk3.  Should be here next week.

[mrkoven]

3 minutes ago, thyname said:

 

Congrats!! Which one ? ZEN or ZENith?

 

ZENith! Took me a while to find a dealer w/ one in stock here in the US.

[mrkoven]

14 minutes ago, FrankMA said:

Now that we have all had the new experimental Roon/LMS feature for awhile, I am curious as to what everyone is using for playback?

 

1. 100% via Roon/LMS feature
2. 100% LMS
3. Back & Forth

 

I still feel the sound on the LMS player alone is slightly better although the gap has closed significantly. It is tough giving up Roon so I have mostly been using the new feature

 

Are there stutter/dropout issues w/ option 1 though? If so hopefully the next release will iron those out..

[mrkoven]

I have been using Roon/LMS as well and as mentioned, it plays flawless if you let it auto-play next tracks or pause before manually switching. It only gets weird and skips if I change tracks while playing. Hopefully it gets a bit less buggy w/ future updates. Oh and the improvement vs Roon is easily noticeable to me too.