Innuos was founded in 2009 in the United Kingdom with the vision that you don’t need to sacrifice sound quality nor be a technology wizard to enjoy the convenience of Digital Music at your fingertips.
ZENmini Mk3 Music Server w 1TB HDD
Designed for Audiophiles who want to extract all the detail and dynamics out of their music on hi-fi systems, a smoother, more relaxed sound with a wider soundstage.
Our gateway server with all the full benefits of innuOS, now with improved connectivity and a new upgrade path for even greater flexibility. Ideal for simple integration into multi-room systems or for those making the first step to a dedicated audio server.
Looking for a tidy solution for all your CDs and the files laying around on the computer? Need an easy way to stream and listen to all your favourite music? Now there’s a simple way to store, manage and play all of it: the ZENmini CD Ripper, NAS and Streamer:
- Compact design with quiet, fanless operation
- Versatile HiFi connectivity with analog and digital outputs
- Roon Core and Endpoint
- Custom audio treated components
- Upgradeable with optional LPS – Linear Power Supply
- Choice of 1TB, 2TB,4TB & 8TB HDD models available
POWERED BY innuOS
innuOS allows a complete Music Library management using a tablet or smartphone. Ripping CDs, importing music, editing album data (including covers) and backing up your music library can all be easily done easily without the need for a PC. innuOS also contains many intelligent features to help organise your Music Library such as our rule-based music import engine or the Assisted CD Ripping mode.
CONVENIENT DESIGN:
With its compact footprint, low-power efficiency, quiet operation and range of connectivity, the ZENmini is a convenient and discreet music server for all your Digital Audio needs – from CD ripping to purchased downloads, Internet Radio to Spotify Connect.
Hi-Fi ENGINEERING:
The ZENmini offers more than just casual usage. Floating optical and storage drives paired with a custom motherboard and premium components offer far greater musical performance than conventional computers and NAS drives.
PERFECT CD PLAYER REPLACEMENT:
Featuring additional Optical and Coaxial digital outputs as well has a high-resolution 24bit/192KHz Digital to Analog Converter (DAC). This means you can now connect directly to all your favourite devices such as Integrated Amps, AV Receivers, Soundbars etc the easy way.
POWERFUL PERFORMER:
Using our own exclusive innuOS operating system, our servers are configured and optimised from the ground up for the perfect balance of performance and simplicity. Control your library from the comfort of your tablet or smartphone – no computer required.
FAIRAUDIO REVIEW SUMMARY:
“The price-performance ratio of the Innuos ZENmini Mk3 is quite outstanding” Fairaudio give a fantastic review to the ZENmini Mk3, where “Good workmanship meets an exemplary intuitive user interface – not only the app, but also the browser-based music server management interface”. They were also greatly impressed by “the sheer resolution and – especially – the wonderfully vivid, precise and spacious presentation” of its sound quality.“
Zenith Mk3 Music Server w 1TB SSD
Improved MK3 Audiophile Design – we took the Award Winning Audiophile design of the ZENith MK2 to the next level by upgrading three key components of the system.
Pushing our popular ZENith even further, the new MK3 includes a Triple-Linear PSU with Mundorf CAPS and custom-treated SSD.
Ideal for audiophiles who want a smoother, more relaxed sound with a wider soundstage. Designed for Audiophiles who want to extract all the detail and dynamics out of their music on hi-fi systems, a smoother, more relaxed sound with a wider soundstage.
Available with 1TB, 2TB & 4TB – SSD
Description
Triple-Linear Power Supply
Premium Triple-Linear Power Supply – With ultra-low noise regulators and premium Mundorf Capacitors, using trickle-down technology from the ZENith SE.
Vibration and eMI treated SSD Storage (1, 2 or 4 TB )
Using SSD based storage instead of regular hard drives plays an important role in reducing power as well as mechanical noise, which further contributes to the transparency and realism of the Zenith.
In-Memory Playback
We increased the RAM buffer on the Zenith to 4GB, which improves sound quality even further when compared to the Zen. The Zenith’s SSD-based storage makes the transition from storage to system memory imperceptible – playback is instantaneous.
InnuOS Operating System Design
INTELLIGENT CD RIPPING
Bit-Perfect Ripping
Using AccurateStream technology, extract every last bit of your CDs into WAV or FLAC files.
Automatic CD Ripping
Just pop-in a CD! innuOS will automatically get full album data and cover from multiple online databases, rip your CD and eject when done.
Assisted CD Ripping
Assisted CD Ripping allows you to see and edit all the album data and cover obtained from the online databases before you rip the CD. Great for Classical Music!
Quiet Mode
Love to listen to music whilst ripping your CDs and want absolute silence? Just engage Quiet Mode for slowing down ripping, making it much quieter and with less vibration.
Offline Ripping
CDs can be ripped without internet connection. When connected, album data and cover for all offline ripped CDs will be obtained with a simple click.
InnuOS Operating System Design
MUSIC SERVER MANAGEMENT
Automatic Network Identification
No more figuring out IP addresses find your server. Just go to my.innuos.com on your tablet or smartphone to list all Innuos devices on the network and access the innuOS App from there.
Remote Updates
Update the system with a touch of a button to benefit from our continuous improvements: new functionalities, enriched customer experience or enhanced sound quality.
Automatic Backup to USB Drive or NAS
Backup of your music library can be set on innuOS to start automatically based on library growth (e.g. every time 50 CDs are added) to either a USB backup drive or to a NAS on the network.
InnuOS Operating System
DIGITAL MUSIC IMPORT
Import Wizards for Existing Libraries
Pre-defined wizards for importing music from USB storage, Music Servers and NAS.
Intelligent Import Engine
innuOS takes all the hard work of importing music by intelligently analysing the music files and applying a number of rules such as:
- Organising the music based on format quality (compressed, cd quality or high-resolution), Artist and Album
- Removing very long file names or illegal characters
- Adding metadata to WAV files based on folder structure
- Download from Online Stores
- Qobuz, Linn Records, HD Tracks, HiResAudio, B&W Society of Sound, iTunes, Amazon and more.
- Just download the music files (even if they are in a zip or tar file) to the Auto Import shared folder and the server will take care of adding and updating the music library.
InnuOS Operating System Design
HI-FI MUSIC PLAYER
Rediscover Your Music and Discover New One
Play all your music as well as Internet Radio and streaming services with the best sound quality by connecting directly to a DAC or Digital Amplifier via asynchronous USB.
Spotify, Tidal and Qobuz require premium subscriptions
Supports All Major Music Formats
The innuOS Music Player plays FLAC, DSD, MQA, WAV, Apple Lossless, AIFF, M4A and MP3 supporting bitrates up to 32bit/384KHz and DSD256, when connecting to compatible DACs & Roon Player is also now available.
The innuOS Music Player can optionally become a Roon player so you can use the amazing Roon interface to explore your music like never before.
InnuOS Operating System
MUSIC LIBRARY MANAGEMENT
Edit or Delete Albums
Browse your library, select the album you want to update and just start editing directly on your tablet or smartphone. You can change the cover, manage genres based on previously used genres or simply delete the album – couldn’t be easier.
QUARANTINE
Quarantine is a staging area, separate from the Music Library, where any albums requiring attention are placed so they can be fixed before they go into the Music Library. These include:
- Albums with no metadata
- Ripped albums with damaged tracks
- Potentially duplicated albums
- Albums ripped offline
Automatic Music Library Update
After music is added, modified or deleted, the library is automatically updated as well as any connected systems such as Sonos or UPnP Streamers.
InnuOS Operating System
STREAMERS AND MULTI-ROOM SYSTEMS
Perfect Integration with Sonos
innuOS can automatically connect its music library to a Sonos system at the touch of a button as well as automatically rescan the Sonos Music Library when any album is added, modified or deleted from the Music Library.
Fast and Reliable UPnP Server
innuOS also contains a UPnP Server configured out-of-the-box to work flawlessly with a number of UPnP-based systems:
Wireless multi-room: such as Denon HEOS, Bang & Olufsen and BOSE amongst others
Music streamers such as Naim, Linn , Moon, Auralic and many others
Roon Server
innuOS will also optionally integrate Roon Core* so you can use innuOS with other Roon-Ready streamers for a complete multi-room system.
* A Roon license, purchased separately, is required
HOME AUTOMATION:
innuOS can be integrated with the most popular home automation control systems such as RTI, Control4, KNX, AMX, Elan, Crestron and iRidium.
SPECIFICATIONS
AUDIO OUTPUTS
Digital Output – USB 2.0 supporting USB Audio Class 2, DoP, Native DSD and MQA
Dedicated Ethernet Streamer Port
CONNECTIVITY
Ethernet
2 x rear panel RJ45 – Bridged Gigabit Ethernet
USB – 1x USB 2.0 (DAC), 1x USB 3.0 (Backup)
FORMATS
CD Formats – Red Book
Disc Compatibility – CD, CD-R, CD-RW
Audio format for stored CDs – FLAC (zero compression), WAV
Audio Formats Supported for streaming and playing – WAV, AIFF, FLAC, ALAC, AAC, MP3, MQA (with supported DACs)
SAMPLE RATES
Sample Rates – 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4KHz. 192kHz, 352.8KHz, 384KHz , up to DSD128 via DoP, Native DSD on selected DACs
Bit Depths – 16bit, 24bit, 32bit