Innuos PhoenixUSB

[Nenon]

3 hours ago, ken6217 said:

I likey. 😀

 

Only running a few hours and not broken in but I love the sound., Very spacious, and the music and notes sound so real and with texture. Great ambiance.

 

I've had components where you get nice spacing and instrument placement, but with the Phoenix you get that, but it sounds very cohesive where each instrument is playing apart from each other. (If that makes any sense).

 

Also, ir is very smooth

 

I have previously owned the Uptone Regen, Wyred 4 Sound Reclocker, and SOtM USB Regenerator (each one with a LPS), and none of them even com close to the Phoenix.

 

Thank you for the report. Give it some time, both the OCXO clock and the power supply take some time to break in, and it would open up even more. 

 

BTW, this is exactly how I would describe adding an ultraOCXO clock and a Sean Jacobs power supply, silver cables, etc. to my PinkFaun bridge card. It's what a good power supply and well implemented really good OCXO clock does.

 

None of the other USB "decrapifiers" you mentioned uses a good quality OCXO clock unless you used a Mutec Ref 10 (or something similar) with your SOTM, but then having to use long wires is not necessarily as ideal as having the OCXO next to the chip.

 

Keep us posted as it burns in, please. It seems like Innous has done a good job with their PhoenixUSB. 

[Nenon]

1 hour ago, ASRMichael said:

@ken6217 have you had a look inside to see what OCXO clock they are using? 
 

I have PF Ultra usb card power with Sean Jacobs rail. I do wonder how they would  compare. 
 

or two of them in a chain, would sq improve.... never ending this stuff! 

 

I think your PinkFaun ultraOCXO clock is a little better than the one in the Phoenix. But I also think that the Phoenix OCXO is implemented better, which is important. It is soldered on the PCB rather than using a connector, and it has a separate DC rail. On the other hand, it has a transformer inside the same chassis as the electronics. I can't comment on their USB reclocking board, but every time I have put a transformer inside my computer chassis, I have heard a degraded sound. The Phoenix USB recklocking board might be immune to such degradation, so this might be a moot point. 

 

The Phoenix seems like a really nice and well thought out device. I've never had one in my system, so I don't know how it compares to the PinkFaun card with ultraOCXO clock or the new JCAT USB card. My guess is that at this level, all these devices sound exceptionally good, and it's a matter of systems synergy and personal taste.