Innuos Zen Mk3 Music Server Streamer

The ZEN Mk3 provides another leap in sound quality compared to the ZENmini with its integrated dual-linear PSU, isolated dual-ethernet ports and asymmetrical anti-vibration feet. The ZEN Mk3 represents tremendous value in digital audio performance.

⦿ New Custom Motherboard with reduced EMI
⦿ Dual Ethernet Ports for LAN and Streamer with dedicated isolation transformers
⦿ Dual-Linear Power Supply with ultra-low noise regulators and Nichicon MUSE Capacitors
⦿ 8GB RAM with 4GB In-Memory playback
⦿ Asymmetrical isolation feet
⦿ Ultra-low Noise USB Audio Output
⦿ Medical-Grade Mains Filter
⦿ New Generation Quad-core Intel CPU
⦿ Can be used as Roon Core (Optional)

Controlled via the Innuos Sense App

Navigating your music collection is now more intuitive and responsive, offering a premium experience whether you’re ripping CDs, creating playlists, importing files, or exploring streaming services.

Sense delivers optimal music playback with the following features:
 

• Seamless and automatic ripping of CDs on Innuos music servers
• Navigating streaming services like Qobuz, Tidal, Deezer or HighResAudio with ease. TIDAL Connect and MAX resolution supported, with more streaming services to come
• Fully unified library combining music stored locally (on Innuos music servers) or on a NAS with music from Qobuz and TIDAL, blending related artists and discographies
• Internet Radio with easy preset creation
• Radio Paradise, a popular internet-radio service available in CD-quality FLAC
• Easy creation of mixed playlists plus support for Qobuz collaborative playlists, with fast universal searches across multiple streaming services and music stored locally or on NAS drives
• Curated and configurable Smart Mixes based on your music
• Home Screen widgets allow you to customize and access your favorite features at the touch of a button

Main Features

Dual-Linear Power Supply

The ZEN ensures a cleaner digital signal by reducing power noise. Through a dual-linear power supply, designed by Dr. Sean Jacobs, with ultra-low noise regulator design, Nichicon MUSE Capacitors and medical-grade mains filter, your music opens up and reveals new levels of realism.

Custom Motherboard

Our own custom-made Innuos motherboard is completely reworked for optimised audio performance. Sources of EMI have been removed and internal clocks optimised, resulting in a “blacker” 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, removing noise from the path and improving sound quality on all network audio.

Anti-vibration Treatment

New asymmetrical isolation feet derived from our award-winning ZENith SE plus added chassis treatment help to combat harmful vibration that affect a clean audio signal.

In-Memory Playback

Now with twice the memory of the Zen Mk2, the Zen MK3 has 8GB RAM with 4GB dedicated memory. Music is loaded directly to memory for playback so that it doesn’t engage the hard drive, improving sound quality.

MQA Core Decoding

ZEN supports MQA Core Software Decoding, which means you can playback MQA audio files, delivering the sound of the original master recording. MQA Core software decoding is provided free of charge and enables streaming and playback of MQA files up to 24bit/96 kHz for non-MQA DACs and up to 24bit/384 kHz for MQA Renderer/Decoder DACs. ZEN can also passthrough MQA files to MQA Full Decoder DACs.

Sense Operating System 2.3 or higher is required for MQA Core Decoding.

Specifications

AUDIO OUTPUTS

CONNECTIVITY

FORMATS

SAMPLE RATES

USER CONTROL INTERFACES

HARDWARE

STREAMING AND CD STORAGE

REQUIREMENTS

POWER

PHYSICAL

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