MU 1 vs. Innuos Statement

[neac1976]

Hello all,
I am considering two used streamers, The Grimm MU 1 and The Innuos Statement. The MU 1 is literally 3 months old and The Statement is 3.5 years old. As of now, the price differentiation is not that important.
Regarding the internal parts of a 3 month old product vs. the internal parts of a 3.5 year old product:: is there a difference between them regarding their respective ages not their circuits? Are there parts in a 3.5 year old product that are now outdated? In today's world where technology takes exponential jumps in very short time periods does the age difference of these two excellent products matter?
Thank you again,
Mark

 

[tedwoods]

As I see it, the deciding factor between the two lies outside the servers themselves, but rather points instead at the DAC used with them.
In the case of the MU ,1 with its internal upsampling through the AES/EBU out, it seems that due to its particular design philosophy, a sympathetically designed DAC (one that could make use of the aforementioned feature) would be best suited to it, while in the case of the Statement, with its optimised USB, another -wider perhaps- category would seem ideal.
As for internal components, there is no reason they would exhibit any serious deterioration from only 3.5 years of use, not to mention that with the Statement you would also have a clear upgrade path through their second generation Sean Jacobs power supply upgrade.

 

[neac1976]

tedwoods,
Thank you so much for your reply. You explained many points that I did not even think of.
I just (six weeks ago) purchased The Lampizator, Baltic 4, Engine Eleven dac (yes, I have been told by members here that considering the streamers that I am looking at, I should consider an upgraded Lamiizator dac...I will in due time).
Knowing which dac I own (for a while) do you have a suggestion which of the two streamers, to which I am refering I should purchase?
Mark

 

[neac1976]

tedwoods,
1. I understand that a usb connection is not the optimal connection with the MU 1.
2. The Statement has had it's power supply upgraded in 2022 by Innuos and the seller is offfering upgraded umbilical connections labeled" Innuos, Statement 8 Pole Neutrix" 1.5 meters.

 

[tedwoods]

tedwoods,
Thank you so much for your reply. You explained many points that I did not even think of.
I just (six weeks ago) purchased The Lampizator, Baltic 4, Engine Eleven dac (yes, I have been told by members here that considering the streamers that I am looking at, I should consider an upgraded Lamiizator dac...I will in due time).
Knowing which dac I own (for a while) do you have a suggestion which of the two streamers, to which I am refering I should purchase?
Mark

Thank you kindly for considering the points I've touched upon.
The Statement will be a superb match for the Lampi, especially since it has the new power supply and upgraded umbilicals.
Ted

 

[sbilotta]

Hi neac1976,
what did you end up buying, and how is it going?

 

[neac1976]

Hello sbilotta,
I ended up purchasing the Innuos Statement along with the P-Net Switch and the Muon Ethernet filter with the ethernet cord.
And yes, the combination is all that the reviewers said it would be.
Mark

 

[treitz3]

Which Muon? There are 3 different levels...

Eno
Muon
Muon Pro

Tom

 

[neac1976]

I purchased The Muon Pro.

 

[Popspin]

Hello sbilotta,
I ended up purchasing the Innuos Statement along with the P-Net Switch and the Muon Ethernet filter with the ethernet cord.
And yes, the combination is all that the reviewers said it would be.
Mark

neac: congratulations. I hope you’ll get many years of enjoyment from your Statement as I have. I bought one of the early models and upgraded. Performance over usb has been continually pleasing. It’s a primary source in a higher end system.
3 options I know of with DC cables are the stock ones, Chord and Sean Jacobs. The Sean Jacobs worked best for me.
Consider upgraded power cords on the Statement and the switch (or have you already done that). Footers such as CMS or Stack, Gaia too, are a reasonably priced tweak that’s easy to try.
Anyways, when added all together it works very well.
Good luck!

 

[neac1976]

Thank you sbilotta,
Yes, I did upgrade The Statement.
Yes, I use all upper echelon Purist Audio Design power cords.
For upgraded footers I use Herbies Audio Lab under my components.
Considering that I listen mainly to analogue like to think that my digital setup will also bring me many hours of listening pleasure.
Take care.