Mini-Review: digiZoid ZO "portable subwoofer"

[joeq70]

I will soon have a Zo (v1) in my hands. I'll be testing it out with my new Beyedynamic DT880 250ohm and my trusty jogging phones, the Sennheiser PMX100. Full impressions will soon follow!

 

[lee730]

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So, I just got to listen to the finalized prototype of V2, and OMG!!! I was bustin' a move in the middle of our office! I can't wait for you guys to hear it! 

So will you discontinue the V2? or will you still produce both of them?

 

[i2ehan]

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So will you discontinue the V2? or will you still produce both of them?

 
Correction: discontinue the V1.

 

[MizMoxie]

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Correction: discontinue the V1.

Yes, v2 will replace v1, so v1 will be discontinued

 

[lee730]

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Yes, v2 will replace v1, so v1 will be discontinued

I kinda figured, someone had mentioned the prices going up due to both models being made. I figured why name it version 2 then if you gonna keep the same model? lol. That was at least the case with my sansa e280 v2 (same sound quality as the fuze and clip). The v1 e280 sounded like crap.

 

[ChrisSC]

does anyone know if the ZO will play nice with a GSM iphone4 not in airplane mode?
 
I use my iphone to listen to internet radio and want to buy this "sub-amp," but am a little scared that it might conduct too much radio frequency interference.

 

[shotgunshane]

It works great with the iPhone 4.  I was just using it when a call came in and I didn't get any gsm interference.

 

[estreeter]

Wake me when September finally rolls around. Budgetary constraints will probably make the V2 my only audio purchase between now and January 2012. C'est La Vie.

 

[rolz]

planning to buy the v2 when the 13th month pay comes in, normally around last week of november. i'm sure ZO v2's will be roaming the earth by then.

 

[F900EX]

Soon as you can buy them, it will be bought to try out and look forward to it 

 

 

[Br777]

ya know what would be really cool - if digizoid made a box, that was not an amp, but only utilized their "subwoofer" tech.  this way you could get all the benefits of awesome bass, while still using your high end portable gear.. how cool would that be.. sr71B, lcd2, and some added sub-bass a-la-ampless ZO.. i would buy one of those in a heartbeat!!!!

 

[MizMoxie]

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ya know what would be really cool - if digizoid made a box, that was not an amp, but only utilized their "subwoofer" tech.  this way you could get all the benefits of awesome bass, while still using your high end portable gear.. how cool would that be.. sr71B, lcd2, and some added sub-bass a-la-ampless ZO.. i would buy one of those in a heartbeat!!!!

 
Well, as a matter of fact, with ZO v2, you will be able to do just that! You can use it as a sort of "pre-amp", which gives you the benefits of our technology, and the flexibility to couple it with a higher power output amp! And... it will still be powerful enough to use standalone for portable listening!!  

 
btw... some of the perceived level increase you hear with ZO is not due to a boost in gain, but actually is a side effect of the technology!

 

[ChrisSC]

I'm getting really excited for the zo2 and hoping for an early September release as a parting gift from the summer!! 

 
Running it between an iphone4 and some pretty decent IEMs, would the sound quality drop if I used it through the headphone jack instead of the LOD?
 
I would think not, because the Zo is not really an amp and the iphone4 already has a good DAC
 
Anybody?

 

[Br777]

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Well, as a matter of fact, with ZO v2, you will be able to do just that! You can use it as a sort of "pre-amp", which gives you the benefits of our technology, and the flexibility to couple it with a higher power output amp! And... it will still be powerful enough to use standalone for portable listening!!  

 
btw... some of the perceived level increase you hear with ZO is not due to a boost in gain, but actually is a side effect of the technology!

 
awesome! so you wont get a double amp effect even if you start turning up the "bass boost" quite a bit?
 
wow.. i'm excited for v2 all over again.. with all my rig changing i didnt think i'd have a use for one but now .. wwoooooooooooooohhh!!  i can only imagine the possibilities in my LCD-2, SR71B rig!  Heck I'll even try it with the JH3A.. why not!!!

 

[shotgunshane]

This is indeed great news.  V2 is really sounding like an impressive piece of equipment that can fit in many varied situations.
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Well, as a matter of fact, with ZO v2, you will be able to do just that! You can use it as a sort of "pre-amp", which gives you the benefits of our technology, and the flexibility to couple it with a higher power output amp! And... it will still be powerful enough to use standalone for portable listening!!  

 
btw... some of the perceived level increase you hear with ZO is not due to a boost in gain, but actually is a side effect of the technology!

 
That's how V1 is used, since it doesn't have volume control.  Even though it is double amping, I do not find that it does anything negative to the sound.
 
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I'm getting really excited for the zo2 and hoping for an early September release as a parting gift from the summer!! 

 
Running it between an iphone4 and some pretty decent IEMs, would the sound quality drop if I used it through the headphone jack instead of the LOD?
 
I would think not, because the Zo is not really an amp and the iphone4 already has a good DAC
 
Anybody?