Zen DAC owners with price-compatible headphones may not feel an urge to rush out and upgrade to the V2 unless they can get a decent return on their original – the V2 is, despite pedalling performance ...

iFi ZEN DAC Signature V2 (top) and iFi ZEN Can Signature HFM Headphone Amplifier Rear (bottom) The rear panel offers a 4.4mm input, 3.5mm input, a pair of single-ended RCA inputs, a 4.4mm output jack, ...

The ZEN DAC V2 supports PCM and DXD to 32-bit/384kHz, DSD256 and MQA. DSD remains ‘bit-perfect’ thanks to the True Native Burr-Brown chip design. With the new 16 core technology, the ZEN DAC V2 is now ...

Described as a ‘universal DAC’ due to its plethora of inputs, the ZEN One Signature takes the DAC stage from iFi’s ZEN DAC V2, adds S/PDIF inputs (optical and coaxial) alongside the USB port.

The arrival of the Zen DAC 3 ought to mean there will be deals available on any remaining stock of the Zen DAC v2 – but after that, to be honest I’m struggling.

The new Zen includes the same DAC stage found in the award-winning Zen DAC V2, which means a Burr-Brown chipset with built-in MQA decoder that supports PCM-format playback at up to 32-bit/384-kHz ...

British audio brand iFi has announced a budget version of its highly regarded ZEN Series of DAC, Bluetooth receiver, headphone amplifier and phono stage. Each unit costs just £99.

This is quite a big increase, in percentage terms, over the price of the Zen DAC v2 – so we’re all entitled to expect quite a big increase in performance terms too.

The iFi Zen DAC 3 is available to buy from today (April 16) at ifi-audio.com and from selected retailers with a quoted price of $229 / £229 / €229 / AU$229. Get daily insight, ...

Inputs: USB-B Outputs: headphone (6.35mm), RCA Max audio resolution: up to 32-bit/384kHz Released in 2022, the Zen Air is a DAC/amplifier that’s more than twice the size of the company’s Uno (above); ...

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