Vitor Goncalves
100+ Head-Fier
I clicked "like" by mistake on your comment. Sorry about that. I strongly dislike your obssession with turning this forum on the Zen Stream into a Wiim Mini show case. I personally couldn't care less about it, just as I find the "church"of ASR kind of toxic to the discussion on HiFi gear and sound fidelity. As I've said before, I've been using the Zen Stream for 8 months, without any issues, with ethernet and mostly with Tidal Connect (recently also with Quobuz, via MConnect HD), either connected to the internal DAC of an Hegel H95, or to the Zen Dac Signature V2, via USB (all with fast and stable internet connection). The sound that comes out of my Revel M106 speakers is clean, detailed, with very correct timber. I like it. This forum has been very helpful to get more insights about the product, the setup, etc. I'm always keen to learn about problems other people may face with this product because I may have to deal with the same issues in the future, you never know. Are there better products out there? Sure. I may even try the new Innous Pulse Mini, but I wonder if it would make any audible difference at 3 times the price of the Zen, given the rest of my system, and the excellent result I get with the Zen. The set up is something that we cannot emphasise too much (unless you are an ASR follower). Products like the Wiim may be excellent for certain levels of sound fidelity along the chain, just as the Zen Stream may be perfect for my system and a more refined product can shine with very Hi-End gear and rooms with acoustic treatment.You do realize people use tube amp despite its high distortion and found them pleasing, nothing wrong with that. Honest sound can be boring and call them too polite so they look for unit that color the sound. You like your music not neutral but colors on it. I have both why I use the cheaper one? Plug it with good power supply just like stream and sound would change. You haven’t try it so you gave negative review.