Innuos Nazaré

The Innuos Nazaré is the company's flagship music server and streamer — a cost-no-object statement of what Innuos can do when nothing is held back. Named after the Portuguese coast that produces the largest waves in the world, it supersedes the earlier Statement entirely and rethinks the architecture of a digital source from the ground up. See the full Innuos range we stock.

The central idea is separation. At its heart is a PreciseAudio mainboard with ten performance cores, joined by dedicated PreciseUSB and PreciseNET boards, each independently powered and connected directly to the processor — so the USB and network stages are not sharing a noisy, general-purpose mainboard with everything else. It is an expensive way to build a server, and it is the reason the Nazaré does what it does.

GaN-ARC8 Power Supply

The power supply is the Nazaré's defining engineering. It uses GaN-ARC8 modules with Gallium Nitride active rectification — developed with Dr Sean Jacobs — with 376,000µF of capacitance per module, DC4 regulation modules using low-noise foil resistors, an NGaN+ regulator with high-performance filters, custom Lundahl inductors and multifilar toroidal transformers. The whole design exists to feed the audio stages the cleanest, most stable power possible, because in a digital source of this class that is what separates very good from state of the art.

An Expandable System

The Nazaré is designed to grow. Two optional companions extend it, each sharing the flagship power supply architecture:

• The NazaréFLOW — a master USB reclocker and output stage that relocates the reclocking right next to your DAC, with optional modules for MSB and CH Precision DACs
• The NazaréNET — an audiophile network switch with SFP fibre and RJ45, cleaning the network feed before it reaches the server

The base unit alone is already beyond anything Innuos have previously made; each addition takes it further.

Storage, Connectivity and Build

Storage runs to 16TB of internal SSD, with a storage expansion bay taking two M.2 NVMe drives. The Nazaré plays PCM up to 32-bit/768kHz and DSD up to DSD512 native (DSD256 over DoP), with MQA supported. Connectivity comprises a dedicated PreciseNET (1Gbps RJ45) output, a PreciseUSB (USB 2.0) output, two USB 3.2 ports, a service HDMI and a 4mm chassis ground port. The full-aluminium enclosure uses SmartStack vibration damping and system-tuned IsoAcoustics feet, and weighs 42kg — this is a serious piece of engineering to install as well as to hear.

Technical Specifications

Who Is It For?

The Nazaré is for someone building a true reference digital system, for whom the server is not a place to compromise. It is the natural source for the most resolving DACs and systems, and it is designed to be lived with and expanded over years rather than replaced. If you own an earlier Innuos Statement, ask us about the Innuos trade-up programme. If you are working towards this level rather than at it, the ZENith NG is the step below.

Buying from Martins Hi-Fi

Martins Hi-Fi were the first UK dealer to host an Innuos Nazaré event — we have a genuine relationship with Innuos and real experience of this flagship in a proper system. A component like the Nazaré should never be bought unheard, and we can demonstrate it, discuss the FLOW and NET additions, and advise on installation and the Statement trade-up.

When you get in touch, you'll be speaking with Dave, Chris and Tim at info@martinshifi.co.uk, call 01603 627010, or WhatsApp on 07554 687137. You can read more about how we work on our Why Martins page. We are at 85–91 Ber Street, Norwich, NR1 3EY.