[Cricket4life247]

Welcome to the ZEN dual stack rack™ !



First version of my 3d printed rack and yes, its not 100% perfect yet (all these curves!) and the color choice is questionable
Hope the hotheaded CAN will not melt the plastic when bursting out its unused class A energy over time!
Sadly this not ZEN Stream ready yet for the ultimate ZEN triple stack rack™, since I don't have a third ZEN shaped device.

Here is a 1000$ thanks

 

[DeepTread]

I am loving this pair up… LCDs come alive without eq.

 

[Sebastien Chiu]

I am loving this pair up… LCDs come alive without eq.

Awesome synergy indeed!

 

[Cricket4life247]

Really happy with my setup at the moment

 

[Jlink18]

Can anyone advise on whether I should have power match engaged when using Zen DAC V2 with my Focal Elegia's? From what I understand the power match is meant for higher ohm cans and the Elegia's are relatively low at 35 ohms

 

[Effigy]

Can anyone advise on whether I should have power match engaged when using Zen DAC V2 with my Focal Elegia's? From what I understand the power match is meant for higher ohm cans and the Elegia's are relatively low at 35 ohms

Power match is a not so fancy way of saying “gain”

At that impedance, you should be fine without “power matching” (high gain)

 

[geodnb]

Fate has brought me here, haha.

Can I swap the included USB cable that came with the ifi zen dac to something like the amazon basics one? https://www.amazon.ca/AmazonBasics-USB-3-0-Cable-Male/dp/B00NH144GK
Its way too short for my set up and kinda inconvenient.

yea should be fine

 

[GlenAppleton]

Arrived today, my first headphone setup since the late 1970's when I had a Koss HV/1A plugged into an Onkyo receiver. That was the old way, this is the new way to start my journey yet again, much later in life.

 

[GlenAppleton]

Listening to Pink Floyd - The Endless River (full album @ 24 bit / 44.1 kHz) on this setup, and it sounds amazing! I can already tell this new hobby could get expensive real quick, if I'm not careful...

Pink Floyd - The Endless River

 

[Effigy]

Listening to Pink Floyd - The Endless River (full album @ 24 bit / 44.1 kHz) on this setup, and it sounds amazing! I can already tell this new hobby could get expensive real quick, if I'm not careful...

Pink Floyd - The Endless River

Genuinely hope you get pulled away into moments of listening where the world around you consists of nothing but the music you love in bit perfect clarity.

 

[Effigy]

Listening to Pink Floyd - The Endless River (full album @ 24 bit / 44.1 kHz) on this setup, and it sounds amazing! I can already tell this new hobby could get expensive real quick, if I'm not careful...

Pink Floyd - The Endless River

Also, if you want to try something that is amazing, and has no business being amazing, look at the Koss KPH30i - they look so damn cheap, but it’s purely deceptive.

https://drop.com/buy/koss-kph30i

 

[MisterMudd]

Listening to Pink Floyd - The Endless River (full album @ 24 bit / 44.1 kHz) on this setup, and it sounds amazing! I can already tell this new hobby could get expensive real quick, if I'm not careful...

Pink Floyd - The Endless River

Yes. Yes it can. No longer in cheap 1970 $$$. Ouch. Two great picks
you made there dude. Enjoy.

 

[GlenAppleton]

Also, if you want to try something that is amazing, and has no business being amazing, look at the Koss KPH30i - they look so damn cheap, but it’s purely deceptive.

https://drop.com/buy/koss-kph30i

Those look amazing (spec-wise) for a portable setup. I'm not looking for any portable gear (currently), but I'll keep these in mind. I was a big fan of Koss back in the day (when dinosaurs roamed the earth).

 

[Effigy]

Those look amazing (spec-wise) for a portable setup. I'm not looking for any portable gear (currently), but I'll keep these in mind. I was a big fan of Koss back in the day (when dinosaurs roamed the earth).

That's just it - they are DECEPTIVE - I have a number of headphones, and these are in my top 3 go to on desktop with stationary DAC/AMPs... they are THAT GOOD.. easily as good listening as my HD58X Jubilees. They aren't just for mobile, although that is a huge plus (also need a proper mobile DAC AMP... there are so many...)

Enjoy man!

 

[GlenAppleton]

Yes. Yes it can. No longer in cheap 1970 $$$. Ouch. Two great picks
you made there dude. Enjoy.

So far I'm impressed. I listened to some Heart - Dreamboat Annie, some Tool - Fear Inoculum, and now the Pink Floyd album I posted. I'll check out some of the jazz I have in my library later, but I'm sure it will sound great.

I think I have determined that I don't like the bass boost feature, even with some of the more heavy rock as it gets a bit muddy. I do have to use the power match with these cans, but it drives them nicely with the volume around the 2:00 position. I'll probably want to get the Zen CAN next month to see how that improves the overall sound.