Innuos debuted the flagship Statement server in 2018。
I wrote a short review about it on WBF in Jan 2019：
www.whatsbestforum.com
Innuos fans were so happy that a higher model was launched earlier this year : Statement Server with Nextgen Powersupply.
Monoandstereo.com gave told us the details here ：
https://www.monoandstereo.com/20 ... -gen-power.html?m=1
Up till now there is only one Statement Nextgen in Hong Kong.
I contacted the owner nicknamed Appe and he was so kind to move it back to the showroom of the local dealer for me to compare with the non-Nextgen model there. Even Volent HK, the local dealer hadn't yet performed such a comparison audition at that time.
Here were the two Statements playing music in Volent HK showroom. The one at the front was the newer Nextgen ：
The exteriors of Nextgen and non-Nextgen look almost the same, except the labelling stickers on the bottom of the unit.
The dc cables of this Nextgen are much thicker and with a bigger/more conspicuous logo.
It's upgrade dc cables made by Chord of UK.
Internally the diff is huge!
The Nextgen got a much bigger toroid transformer.
There are fewer Mundorf electrolyte caps but the total value is 2x of non-Nextgen.
However the most eye-catching diff is the addition of two big chokes!
Innuos also mentioned that panzerholz and gel were placed underneath the above mentioned components to reduce harmful vibration.
Here is the interior of the PSU of non-Nextgen for comparison.
For the interior of the main unit of Nextgen, I saw a photo a month ago but didn't store it up.
I can only tell you that it contains more than twenty pieces of expensive Audionote UK Keisai caps！
The following components were used to compare the Nextgen vs non-Nextgen : Aqua Audio Formula xHD dac, Bespoke Audio passive preamp, Westminster Lab Unum monos & Volent speakers.
Simply speaking the Nextgen was better than the non-Nextgen in the following aspects ：
- Lower background noise. The soundstage was much "blacker". Was this the effect of the two big chokes？
- Lower blackgeound noise didn't mean that there was less air in the soundstage. In fact there was more normal ambient sound and air, making the soundstage bigger and more 3D.
- Both macrodynamics & microdynamics were improved, again most probably due to the bigger PSU power reserve.
- Nextgen got better bass and treble frequency extensions too.
- Innuos Statement had all along been characterized by its musicality and analogue-ness, so vocal & acoustic music are its specialties.
In contrast the Nextgen was more agile and allrounded thus more real-like. I guess this may be the effect of matching the faster Keisai caps with the mellower Mundorf caps.
In summary there are improvement in all sonic aspects of the Nextgen and adding them together the Nextgen is a big leap forward！
I personally think that the best CAS servers/streamers in the current market are still Taiko Audio Extreme Server and Wadax Audio Atlantis Reference Server.
But below these two titans and among the other less expensive flagship grade CAS servers, the Innuos Statement Nextgen is my favorite.
IMHO the Statement Nextgen is the best choice in that price range.
Innuos offers a Nextgen Upgrade service. However the non-Nextgen have to be sent back via dealers back to Innuos factory for the process.
The Innuos HK dealer told me that many of his non-Nextgen owner clients had asked them to arrange so.
In my opinion, this is well worth the upgrade & shipping cost needed.
WBF members who are non-Nextgen owners please ask your local dealers for a similar demo/comparison.
I'm very confident that you will agree with my views.
I wrote a short review about it on WBF in Jan 2019：
A new star in 2019 : Innuos Statement Server
The Innuos Statement Server has been announced several months ago : http://www.innuos.com/uploads/cms/docs/Innuos_Statement_A5_Flyer_2018-10_web.pdf It has also been on demo at several HiFi shows and some preliminary audition impressions are available ...
www.whatsbestforum.com
Innuos fans were so happy that a higher model was launched earlier this year : Statement Server with Nextgen Powersupply.
Monoandstereo.com gave told us the details here ：
https://www.monoandstereo.com/20 ... -gen-power.html?m=1
Up till now there is only one Statement Nextgen in Hong Kong.
I contacted the owner nicknamed Appe and he was so kind to move it back to the showroom of the local dealer for me to compare with the non-Nextgen model there. Even Volent HK, the local dealer hadn't yet performed such a comparison audition at that time.
Here were the two Statements playing music in Volent HK showroom. The one at the front was the newer Nextgen ：
The exteriors of Nextgen and non-Nextgen look almost the same, except the labelling stickers on the bottom of the unit.
The dc cables of this Nextgen are much thicker and with a bigger/more conspicuous logo.
It's upgrade dc cables made by Chord of UK.
Internally the diff is huge!
The Nextgen got a much bigger toroid transformer.
There are fewer Mundorf electrolyte caps but the total value is 2x of non-Nextgen.
However the most eye-catching diff is the addition of two big chokes!
Innuos also mentioned that panzerholz and gel were placed underneath the above mentioned components to reduce harmful vibration.
Here is the interior of the PSU of non-Nextgen for comparison.
For the interior of the main unit of Nextgen, I saw a photo a month ago but didn't store it up.
I can only tell you that it contains more than twenty pieces of expensive Audionote UK Keisai caps！
The following components were used to compare the Nextgen vs non-Nextgen : Aqua Audio Formula xHD dac, Bespoke Audio passive preamp, Westminster Lab Unum monos & Volent speakers.
Simply speaking the Nextgen was better than the non-Nextgen in the following aspects ：
- Lower background noise. The soundstage was much "blacker". Was this the effect of the two big chokes？
- Lower blackgeound noise didn't mean that there was less air in the soundstage. In fact there was more normal ambient sound and air, making the soundstage bigger and more 3D.
- Both macrodynamics & microdynamics were improved, again most probably due to the bigger PSU power reserve.
- Nextgen got better bass and treble frequency extensions too.
- Innuos Statement had all along been characterized by its musicality and analogue-ness, so vocal & acoustic music are its specialties.
In contrast the Nextgen was more agile and allrounded thus more real-like. I guess this may be the effect of matching the faster Keisai caps with the mellower Mundorf caps.
In summary there are improvement in all sonic aspects of the Nextgen and adding them together the Nextgen is a big leap forward！
I personally think that the best CAS servers/streamers in the current market are still Taiko Audio Extreme Server and Wadax Audio Atlantis Reference Server.
But below these two titans and among the other less expensive flagship grade CAS servers, the Innuos Statement Nextgen is my favorite.
IMHO the Statement Nextgen is the best choice in that price range.
Innuos offers a Nextgen Upgrade service. However the non-Nextgen have to be sent back via dealers back to Innuos factory for the process.
The Innuos HK dealer told me that many of his non-Nextgen owner clients had asked them to arrange so.
In my opinion, this is well worth the upgrade & shipping cost needed.
WBF members who are non-Nextgen owners please ask your local dealers for a similar demo/comparison.
I'm very confident that you will agree with my views.
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