iFi audio ZEN Stream - Streaming elevated to a higher plane

[ClieOS]

I am happy to report that my Zen Stream is working perfectly since I got it, but that's hardly news worthy stuff.

 

[sabloke]

Same here, had zero issues so far. Z.E.R.O.

 

[rudy49]

@rudy49 Bro, your posts are seriously getting sad at this point! It is not for techies, not in the least! In fact my wife uses mine quite a bit, even took it to her friends house to show them how it works with Spotify! Mind you my wife can barely find the Exit or back button on the TV remote!

I cannot even believe after all you have said here about the product you are now asking for a replacement!! In all seriousness...

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!

Please stop, your embarrassing yourself...

incorrect, i said. if its my network i would like a refund. this is the case of the shoe not fitting. further more IFI never published system requirements as far as i know. it would be incumbent on the manufacture to do this under the consumer protection act. also to advertise something as plug and play is misleading when it is most certainly not. the unit could be defective despite all the work we have done to get it working properly. in which case i would like a replacement. perhaps in the not to distant future this streamer will mature into a great product. but i think someone in marketing made a bad decision to release it prematurely. i would certainly be open to buying one down the road once all the bugs are out. i suggest that you get out of the echo chamber here and visit a few other forums. and yes Biden won and the world is not flat

 

[germe]

Shared my impressions here https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/ifi-audio-zen-stream.25325/reviews#review-26965

Hey this is a great review thanks
anyway MQA should work with Tidal connect as well, isn't it?

 

[qsk78]

Hey this is a great review thanks
anyway MQA should work with Tidal connect as well, isn't it?

Thank you!
I will check with iDSD Diablo in the evening since my desktop DAC (Composer 3XP) does not support mqa.

 

[simon740]

Shared my impressions here https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/ifi-audio-zen-stream.25325/reviews#review-26965

Nice review! Thank you

regards,
Simon

 

[qsk78]

Thank you!
I will check with iDSD Diablo in the evening since my desktop DAC (Composer 3XP) does not support mqa.

Diablo works as a Renderer (magenta). Basically this is how it works with iPhone via CCK (wired).
This is the problem of the Tidal app - it does not allow to disable the first software unfold.
(UAAP for Android is the only app which identifies Diablo as a Full Decoder, to my knowledge).

 

[sabloke]

Spotify lossless can't get here soon enough. Sick of reading about endless issues with Tidal and their qummo crap files.

 

[Sebastien Chiu]

Hey this is a great review thanks
anyway MQA should work with Tidal connect as well, isn't it?

Correcto!

Diablo works as a Renderer (magenta). Basically this is how it works with iPhone via CCK (wired).
This is the problem of the Tidal app - it does not allow to disable the first software unfold.
(UAAP for Android is the only app which identifies Diablo as a Full Decoder, to my knowledge).

Yup, on Android! Outside of that, the Diablo is reflecting it correctly.

Spotify lossless can't get here soon enough. Sick of reading about endless issues with Tidal and their qummo crap files.

Spotify Lossless will be a huge win for everyone in the industry. A LOT of people will be new to the community, and come looking for better gear, DACs, headphones, the full gamut!

 

[Mr G]

I've been streaming Apple Music (lossless) using Airplay to ZS. It seems like Airplay can only support 16/44.1. Although, I was able to play 24/192 tracks from Apple Music, the ZS Led was green and not yellow, confirming that Airplay is down sampling it. FYI.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252848734

 

[germe]

What's wrong with Tidal?

 

[sabloke]

What's wrong with Tidal?

Everything.

 

[germe]

for example?I didn't have any problem so far.
@sabloke sorry looks like I have problems quoting on mobile

 

[sabloke]

Spotify Connect does not work since my last firmware upgrade. Tested with Android phone and a PC, same result. It connects but as soon as I press play, connection is lost. I have also restarted the Streamer several times.

 

[Mr BubbaHyde]

Spotify Connect does not work since my last firmware upgrade. Tested with Android phone and a PC, same result. It connects but as soon as I press play, connection is lost. I have also restarted the Streamer several times.

I'll check it out today!