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Innuous Zenith Mk III Arrives Tomorrow

I've been streaming my digital library and Tidal/Roon through my Lyngdorf TDAI-3400 for the past couple of months via my NAS drive and I like the sound, but I've been dissatisfied with having to use my computer to control the server.  I decided to order a Zenith III because I want to install my Roon core on this unit and have a self contained music server.  I've heard so many great things from you folks on this board about the Innuous servers I decided to go for it.  

For those of you who already own one, let me know if you have any advice for initial set up and best practices to achieve best results.  I'm pretty excited to get it up and running.  
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snackeyp OP
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@audiotroy Thanks for the tips.  I have a good USB cable but hadn't considered needing a high end ethernet cable.  I just bought something from Best Buy.  I will look into the Wireworld one you mentioned.  

The unit was delayed one day in shipping so actually is arriving tomorrow.  I will report back as I learn more.  Thanks all.

Peter

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I just unboxed the unit last night and all I can say so far is this thing is the easiest component of it's kind to set up that I have ever experienced.  Literally plug it in, connect to the network and DAC, power up and transfer music files.  I set mine up with the Roon core on the unit itself.  That part was so simple and painless.  Transferring music from my NAS to the unit took about two hours but was really easy.  

I only spent about an hour listening to music on it so far.  I can say that it sounds great but I need more time to evaluate.  I think it needs some break in time as well.  I'll be listening all weekend.  
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I tried the CD Ripper last night and it crashed the system twice on the first CD I tried.  I was streaming music at the time, which shouldn't matter, right?  Not sure what's up with that.  Anyone else have this problem?

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Thanks Guys.

I was running Roon at the time.  I will test it again without streaming and see what happens.  I have not had time to do much with it for the past couple of days.  I will let you know.  Thanks
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Thanks Guys.

I was running Roon at the time.  I will test it again without streaming and see what happens.  I have not had time to do much with it for the past couple of days.  I will let you know.  Thanks
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After turning off Roon the CD Ripper works fine.  Thanks again for the help.
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