Recent content by Bill Allen

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    Let's Talk SSD's inside the Zen NG (Zenith)

    Thanks for clarifying my concerns regarding M.2 SSD drives for music storage. Unfortunately for me the WD RED M2's top out at 4TB size, as I explained I need 8TB, Western Digital does make the Black 8TB without heatsink. What are your thoughts on this drive? For those following along that...
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    Let's Talk SSD's inside the Zen NG (Zenith)

    While I was still pondering what 8TB SSD to use in the M.2 expansion port the UPS delivery man arrived with my Zen NG. My hard drive storage concerns can wait, let's fire this puppy up! Took less then 10 minutes to unbox, sign into Tidal & Qobuz, imports my online playlists, and press play...
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    Let's Talk SSD's inside the Zen NG (Zenith)

    Good stuff Stephen. That's why plugging a storage SSD straight into the PCIe directly adjacent to the OS SSD is super critical. That brings us to M.2 drives. I have nearly 6TB of music stored on a Sata SSD inside my Roon Rock, without access to the internal PCIe buss I am forced to focus on a...
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    Let's Talk SSD's inside the Zen NG (Zenith)

    Understood! No doubt Innuos spent endless hours perfecting the balance of the NG's and the last thing you need is someone installing a jack hammer of a SSD directly into the PCI bus on the motherboard. I have measured many SSD's and Jack Hammer is not an exaggeration at this level of the game...
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    Let's Talk SSD's inside the Zen NG (Zenith)

    Long time owner of Zen Mini MkIII & Phoenix USB, awaiting the arrival of my new Zen NG w/SPDIF Card. (No internal storage drives fitted) I would like to install my own SSD storage but the website does not clearly explain the location & arrangement of the internal SDD's. I understand there are...