I can confirm that soundstage is narrower with the Jantzen superior z. Before it, I had Amp Ohm FP-CA-AU cap (in the preamp), which is 4 times cheaper than Superior Z, but the stage is as wide as possible, from wall to wall, while with Superior Z it is from speaker to speaker. The depth is also...

I have an unusual question. I tried ZS with a hand-made dac (Lampucera 1.0,TDA1541 with tube stage), of course connected with spdif. The big disadvantage of this pair is that the dac reproduces noise whenever it is not receiving a signal from the streamer, ie. whenever a song is not playing, or...

I have an unusual question. I tried ZS with a hand-made dac (Lampucera 1.0,TDA1541 with tube stage), of course connected with spdif. The big disadvantage of this pair is that the dac reproduces noise whenever it is not receiving a signal from the streamer, ie. whenever a song is not playing, or...

I doubt neo will be much better than ZS. I'm talking about the streaming part. The Zen is already a mid-high device in terms of sound quality. I feel that people who already own a great DAC get a lot more with buying a good DDC for ZS, compared to the neo stream. As I write this, Zen has been...

Thank you for your help. I also tried the dns trick, but nothing helps. And I can't agree that anything could be the cause of the problem I'm having with my ZS. Considering that in AIO mode everything works perfectly, and in DLNA mode only Qobuz interrupts, we can claim that the problem is in...

I tested today and the following concluded: In terms of sound quality (Bubble Upnp + Qobuz) : DLNA exclusive mode >> Roon mode>> AIO mode with only UPnP option enabled.. But still only in AIO mode on every fifth song (approximately) sudden interruptions occur. I wish someone would help me solve...

Thanks, I will report here if there is (in my opinion) a difference between: 1. DLNA exclusive mode and 2. AIO mode with only enabled UPNP renderer.

I only used upnp mode, because that's when the sound is definitely the best. I will try today to see if it happens in AIO mode. Is there any information about the sound quality with AIO mode but when only let's say Upnp renderer is on? i.e. does turning off the other channels in AIO mode affect...

^^ I dint try local files. Drops are on streaming, Tidal and Qobuz. When option "use proxy" on Qobuz in rendering settings is on, drop offs disappeared, but then the sound is noticeably worse than without that option. Although bubble says that this proxy is without quality loss.

Thanks for the info. I also have paid Bubble version. Ifi Ipower X 12v for zen. I have the mentioned problems (drop offs) when I listen to Tidal or Qobuz.

Yes, only a hard reset helped. Before that no matter what I did the hotspot turned on by itself. e.g. While I've playing the song, via bubble upnp, there was an interruption, and at that moment a magical hot spot light appeared. I have been using Zen for almost a year. He is excellent in the...

Does anyone have a trick to turn off led for hotspot. I tried all the options. Holding the button longer does not work. In the options (network) turned off the hotspot, of course clicked on the save button, it doesn't work. Turned off the wireless network, it doesn't work. I waited 60 seconds...

Hi, has anyone here been able to get Ifi zen to work stably with Bubble upnp in dlna mode. Only if I turn on the proxy then everything works without interruption. But with proxy it is clearly audible worse sound. As a roon endpoint everything is also fine (roon mode), but I don't like roon. I...

Hi, why didn't you use the micro usb connector but go through the 5.5/2.5 connector and adapter wire?

^^ Yes, firmware 2.12 solved that problem..

When I use S2 (firmware 2.12) with laptop and windows Tidal app a dropouts on MQA tracks did occur, but very rarely. I now have Allo Usbridge Signature with MoodeAudio and on almost every MQA song I have dropouts. With nonMQA tracks everything is OK. Since I'm not a masochist, I'll have to...

One should wait and see what the Topping d90 has to offer and at what price. (new AKM 4499 chip)

@Left Channel Can you please say which dac with the AKM chip has "velvet sound" (up to 500usd), because I see in reviews that not all AKM have such sound. I'm talking about newer chips. Thank you

Thanks for the advice. If I stay on the usb connection, I'll probably go that route. Although I read somewhere that pre box still has good noise filters, and that it can be counterproductive to add more filters in a row. But you are right. The ears will draw the final conclusion :-)

@Left Channel yes that was the question. Thank you.. The next logical question (to which it is difficult to answer) is whether investing in regen, another usb cable, and extra power for regen, brings a noticeable improvement i sq (over Usbridge signature player with LPS)...

Has anyone tried if the device works with external power when the usb cable is without 5v connected (only data wires). If so, is it realistic to expect improvements?

i had the same problem recently. it's up to windows (recent update). From several attempts I was able to get windows to remember that the tone level is 100 for Tidal app...

@bunkey Check if volume in windows is 100%.

Are you talking about this product: https://www.project-audio.com/en/product/accu-box-s2-usb/ ? If yes, does it support simultaneously charging and discharging? Because, in my opinion, 2600 mha is too small capacity, especially if I have to stop listening to charge the battery .In any case, no...

People what do you think, is it good to use it as a preamplifier for a lower-mid priced amplifier? Or it's better to buy an integrated amplifier. I'm thinking about using it with nad c268, or it's better to take nad c368 (I know that c368 have Dac, but i believe that prebox s2 dac is much better)..