[iFi audio]

Well... I am sorry, but you said this already in january

We are aware of this and again Apologies for the delay. The process of new firmware has been a bit of a struggle, (not only for us) and changes after the original announcement of Tidal's plan to do FLAC only has changed many times since it was announced.

Even after this process is complete there still may be Albums on Tidal that only play higher res in MQA, so we need to be mindful of everyone's needs and wants.

Again we appreciate the patience but I can assure you without saying when that we are closer than we have ever been to implementing this.

Cheers!!

 

[Maxpain]

It in theory should not create a different sound, but sometimes software optimization can lead to a better sounding experience.

I get how good hardware like good usb and coaxial outputs and more importantly a good power supply can benefit sound quality

but how can a streamer alter sound with software optimizations? It doesn't do any conversions just transport the digital file to the dac

others say that when in digital domain nothing matters so a streamer is the same as an old pc or anything else...but my experience was that zen stream was a big upgrade over a regular usb output of a pc.

 

[iFi audio]

I get how good hardware like good usb and coaxial outputs and more importantly a good power supply can benefit sound quality

but how can a streamer alter sound with software optimizations? It doesn't do any conversions just transport the digital file to the dac

others say that when in digital domain nothing matters so a streamer is the same as an old pc or anything else...but my experience was that zen stream was a big upgrade over a regular usb output of a pc.

I was musing about perhaps "how well" the unit runs with optimizations of its process could possibly result in some added benefit.

I used to hear that discussion all the time that the streamer can't influence the sound "as it's just" transporting bits, but after I got my Zen stream I just sort of tuned those arguments out. Don't get me wrong, they make sense but I (as you) know I am hearing something better.

I stopped "sort of" listening to arguments about numbers and measurements a long time ago, now I just enjoy my music and buy what I "think" sounds good to me.

Cheers!!

 

[Maxpain]

I was musing about perhaps "how well" the unit runs with optimizations of its process could possibly result in some added benefit.

I used to hear that discussion all the time that the streamer can't influence the sound "as it's just" transporting bits, but after I got my Zen stream I just sort of tuned those arguments out. Don't get me wrong, they make sense but I (as you) know I am hearing something better.

I stopped "sort of" listening to arguments about numbers and measurements a long time ago, now I just enjoy my music and buy what I "think" sounds good to me.

Cheers!!

I had real and clear differences from the laptop (as a source) to the zen dac

also from the micro idsd to the zen dac signature

I also don't believe that ''digital is digital no matter what''

implementation must play a big role even among digital sources.

Cheers