baj55 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 Has anyone tried the IFI micro or Nano 3.0 or the uptone regen between the Innous or other servers and there dacs? If so, is there any sound improvement ? I have been considering these devices but am concerned the Innous already has this technology built in and these devices would be overkill. My dac is the Mojo Audio Mystique V3. TIA Link to comment
davide256 Posted May 15, 2020 Share Posted May 15, 2020 I've had the Regen and ISO Regen. They help with "lesser" USB endpoint devices feeding DAC's with weaker HW/PS. I sold the ISO Regen once I was using NUC endpoint with JS-2 as the added USB cabling degraded SQ. From the threads I've read, you have to start looking at something like the SoTM TX USB ultra if you want to improve the Innuos Zenith as it has top notch HW/PS design. Regards, Dave Audio system Link to comment
Popular Post kennyb123 Posted May 15, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2020 While an ISO Regen improved a microRendu, I sold it after I moved to an Innuos Zenith Mk2. davide256 and Abyss Man 1 1 Digital: Sonore opticalModule > Uptone EtherRegen > Shunyata Sigma Ethernet > Antipodes K30 > Shunyata Omega USB > Gustard X26pro DAC < Mutec REF10 SE120 Amp & Speakers: Spectral DMA-150mk2 > Aerial 10T Foundation: Stillpoints Ultra, Shunyata Denali v1 and Typhon x1 power conditioners, Shunyata Delta v2 and QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation and Infinity power cords, QSA Lanedri Gamma Revelation XLR interconnect, Shunyata Sigma Ethernet, MIT Matrix HD 60 speaker cables, GIK bass traps, ASC Isothermal tube traps, Stillpoints Aperture panels, Quadraspire SVT rack, PGGB 256 Link to comment
vortecjr Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 On 5/15/2020 at 12:53 PM, kennyb123 said: While an ISO Regen improved a microRendu, I sold it after I moved to an Innuos Zenith Mk2. One thing to remember is that the microRendu had a decent oscillator onboard, but not nearly as good as the USB oscillator in the ISORegen and the newer Rendu series. These better XOs only became available after the first production run of the microRendu. There are some 1.4 microRendu where we updated the oscillator to the current spec for existing customers. The ultraRendu (one FEMTO oscillator) and subsequent opticalRendu (two FEMTO oscillators) were then designed to take full advantage of the new improved FEMTO oscillators. SONORE computer audio | opticalRendu | ultraRendu | microRendu | Signature Rendu SE | endPoint | opticalModule DX | Power Supplies | Link to comment
andrewinukm Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Innuos launched the Phoenix USB thingy not too long ago, and there's a review on the main page. This is for PC setup (likely noisy USB), so take it with a pinch of salt: I use iFi iUSB 3.0 Nano in front of Uptone ISO Regen in a laptop setup. Sounds preferable to just using either iFi or ISO Regen. The difference is quite small and very subtle on my current DAC compared to previous DACs I've used. I attribute it to the excellent USB input of this new DAC. But you'd really have to try it to know if there's an improvement and whether you can hear this improvement. Nice DAC, BTW! Link to comment
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