Innuos Zen MK3 CD Ripper & Music Server

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Innuos Zen MK3 CD Ripper & Music Server

The Innuos Zen MK3 takes your music experience to new heights with its integrated dual-linear PSU, isolated dual-ethernet ports, and innovative anti-vibration feet. Rediscover your music and explore new tracks with exceptional digital audio performance.

Seamless Music Playback: Connect directly to a DAC or Digital Amplifier via asynchronous USB and enjoy all your music, including Internet Radio and streaming services, with the finest sound quality. (*Note: Spotify, Tidal, and Qobuz require premium subscriptions.)

Wide Music Format Support: The innuOS Music Player supports a wide range of music formats, including FLAC, DSD, MQA, WAV, Apple Lossless, AIFF, M4A, and MP3, with bitrates up to 32bit/384KHz and DSD256 when paired with compatible DACs.

Effortless NAS Playback: Access and play music stored on external NAS drives with ease.

Roon-Ready Player: Optionally transform the innuOS Music Player into a Roon-Ready player, offering an unparalleled music exploration experience through the Roon interface.

Powered by innuOS: Manage your entire music library effortlessly using a tablet or smartphone. Rip CDs, import music, edit album data (including covers), and back up your library without the need for a PC. innuOS also offers intelligent features like rule-based music import and Assisted CD Ripping.

Bit-Perfect CD Ripping: Utilizing AccurateStream technology, extract every bit of your CDs into pristine WAV or FLAC files.

Automatic CD Ripping: Simply insert a CD, and innuOS will automatically retrieve full album data and cover art from multiple online databases, rip your CD, and eject it when done.

Assisted CD Ripping: Perfect for Classical Music lovers, this mode allows you to review and edit album data and cover art obtained from online databases before ripping the CD.

Quiet Mode: Enjoy silent CD ripping while listening to music by engaging Quiet Mode, which reduces ripping speed for a quieter and less vibrational experience.

Offline Ripping: Rip CDs without an internet connection, and once connected, album data and cover art for all offline ripped CDs can be obtained with a single click.

Import Wizards and Intelligent Import Engine: Pre-defined wizards simplify importing music from USB storage, Music Servers, and NAS. innuOS intelligently organizes your music library based on format quality, artist, and album, removes long file names, and adds metadata to WAV files based on folder structure.

Download from Online Stores: Download music files from various online stores, including Qobuz, Linn Records, HD Tracks, HiResAudio, B&W Society of Sound, iTunes, Amazon, and more. Simply place downloaded music files in the Auto Import shared folder, and the server will take care of adding and updating your music library.

Edit and Delete Albums: Easily edit album details, change cover art, manage genres, or delete albums directly from your tablet or smartphone.

Quarantine: Sort albums requiring attention in a separate Quarantine area before they enter the Music Library. This includes albums with no metadata, ripped albums with damaged tracks, potential duplicates, and albums ripped offline.

Automatic Music Library Update: innuOS automatically updates the music library after adding, modifying, or deleting music, ensuring seamless integration with connected systems like Sonos or UPnP Streamers.

Advanced Hardware Features:

• New Custom Motherboard with reduced EMI.
• Dual-Linear Power Supply with ultra-low noise regulators and Nichicon MUSE Capacitors.
• Asymmetrical isolation feet inspired by the ZENith SE.
• Medical-Grade Mains Filter.
• Dual Ethernet Ports with dedicated isolation transformers.
• 8GB RAM with 4GB In-Memory playback.
• Ultra-low Noise USB Audio Output.
• New Generation Quad-core Intel CPU.

Dual-Linear Power Supply: The ZEN MK3 delivers a cleaner digital signal by reducing power noise. Dr. Sean Jacobs designed the dual-linear power supply with ultra-low noise regulator design, Nichicon MUSE Capacitors, and a medical-grade mains filter, resulting in a more realistic musical experience.

Custom Motherboard: Innuos' custom-made motherboard is optimized for audio performance, eliminating sources of electromagnetic interference (EMI) and optimizing internal clocks for a quieter music background and enhanced realism.

Ultra-low Noise Streamer Output: Dual-ethernet ports with isolation transformers provide an ultra-low noise network connection for your streamer, eliminating noise and improving sound quality for network audio.

Anti-vibration Treatment: Borrowing from the award-winning ZENith SE, the ZEN MK3 features asymmetrical isolation feet and additional chassis treatment to counteract harmful vibrations that can affect audio signal purity.

In-Memory Playback: With double the memory of the Zen MK2, the new Zen MK3 boasts 8GB RAM with 4GB dedicated to in-memory playback. Music is loaded directly into memory for playback, bypassing the hard drive and enhancing sound quality.

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