iFi ZEN DAC discussion + impression
Sep 22, 2021 at 2:40 PM Post #1,113 of 1,761
DM a link of whatever you post if you don't mind - interested to see what it comes out looking like....

Sure, will do once that happens. I forwarded your epic post to our social media team, and they will notify me once this emerges anywhere :L3000:
 
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Sep 22, 2021 at 2:50 PM Post #1,114 of 1,761
Update: Listening to the Zen for 2 days now with the HiFiMan Deva, and it's like I am hearing my music anew. In balanced mode I am hearing deeper into the recordings than ever before. Sheesh- I never heard the guitars sound so good in "A Date With The Smithereens" album. Hannah Reid's vocals for London Grammer are smoother, fuller, and sexier than ever. The opening kick drum for The Boxer Rebellion's "Diamonds" is kicking and viscerally slamming. Completely and joyfully astounded! Big dufus grin and lost in the music. This is what it's all about. My old ears are VERY happy right now.
Okay, I have had my Zen Dac for 5 months now, running strictly off USB. Dug out an unused 5-volt power adaptor and plugged in, and WOW, what a noticeable change. Improved instrument separation, clarity, and dynamics. I'm letting my Fidelio X2 slap my face to music right now and I can't quit. U2, Tears For Fears, Smithereens, Little Feat, Wolf Alice, ...it ALL sounds MUCH better. Gonna move on to the DEVA later today. Sunday - Fun Day - Music Day. Thanks iFi for such a wonderful DAC.
 
Oct 1, 2021 at 2:44 AM Post #1,116 of 1,761
Here to share a perfect bag for Zen stack, if you like to carry them to travel.
As you can see I put Zen DAC and Zen Can along with stock cables and a dc power!
It's called Inateck, quite cheap, I'm sure you can find it on Aliexpress.
 

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Oct 1, 2021 at 7:54 AM Post #1,119 of 1,761
@iFi audio when is the zen can v2 coming? thanks

I have no info about that at this time, sorry!

Here to share a perfect bag for Zen stack, if you like to carry them to travel.
As you can see I put Zen DAC and Zen Can along with stock cables and a dc power!
It's called Inateck, quite cheap, I'm sure you can find it on Aliexpress.


Looks very handy and useful indeed, of course as long as one wants to travel with his ZEN stack, which probably is rare :wink:
 
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Oct 2, 2021 at 9:32 AM Post #1,121 of 1,761
I own zen dac v2 ... back when I had the idsd nano I used to enjoy the non-mqa firmware Limoncello a lot so I went and checked the firmwares available for the zen dac v2 on the ifi download hub ...

SURPRISE SURPRISE only 2 MQA firmwares are available (non gto and gto) and no limoncello ... It is however available for the hip dac so what is going on?

Do I seriously have to install the one for the 16 cores xmos hip dac? come on ifi just release the limoncello for zen dac v2 already....we all want it.....
 
Oct 3, 2021 at 4:34 PM Post #1,123 of 1,761
OMG OMG OMG

Indeed :sunglasses:

Do I seriously have to install the one for the 16 cores xmos hip dac? come on ifi just release the limoncello for zen dac v2 already....we all want it.....

I'll ask internally where we are with this and will get back to you shortly :)
 
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