Innuos - New Re-Clocker

@in_shore,

Good call, looking forward to your findings with Phoenix re-clocker! 

Hydra Z by Audiobyte is well known brand in Europe. Very high quality and value driven products for budget conscious audiophiles. The man behind the company is an engineer named Nicolae Jitariu who was also involved in the development of DAC modules for MSB. His reference line consist of Rockna DAC’s retailing for $16K in US through a Canadian distributor.

PS: I used to own Rockna Signature Balanced DAC....one of the finest R2R DAC I had the pleasure to audition in my system.

An external re-clocker for $3150 plus the cost of two high quality USB cables....one must access the competition before you dump another $4200 for a USB performance upgrade.

Nevertheless, it’s an option to upgrade USB performance for their lower priced mid-fi streamers. Kudos to Innuos for staying innovative.....I do admire the company that offers the upgrade path for their existing customer base. 

@gasherbaum,

Thank you for your invaluable feedback. I currently own N10 and contemplating my next server upgrade in next couple of months. 

I don’t think reclocker is flying off the shelf...other day I saw a dealer ad for a reclocker + USB cable bundle at a discounted price.

It would be interesting to see how many non-statement owners see this unit as a true value proposition.

@thyname,

PM sent! 

@dpac996,

Thank you for posting your results. I am not surprised by the outcome given your great system. I am staying put with my N10/EMM Labs DA2 combo 😊

@djones51,

Good point on the ‘worthiness’ Phoenix re-clocker in the chain. The audible improvements or lack there off from Phoenix re-clocker would largely depend on the implementation of USB Audio interface in your DAC.