Ed Selley
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I'll second that emotion. I've even used it as a preamp to my SR250 via its RCA output. Sounds great.Fantastic bit of kit. I love mine its so good that I hardly ever use my main system and my wife is getting used to my side profile with headphones on and very little conversation other than "What was that you said"
Have to say while the RME is in a different league both in price & features, you are not going to be thinking about upgrading anytime soon. This looks like a good bit of kit for the money, but the RME would get my money anytime. Yes the screen is indeed lovely hehe..Huh...
That's a lot of DAC for such a price.
I have sort a have buyers regret atm Whilst my RME is a grand piece of kit, I really don't use most of the features which bump the cost up. Still...pretty screen right
As above you definitely can, but I believe Samsung's fast charge is not the standard USB PD (or at least their charger isn't, may actually work using a third party USB PD charger), so getting a hub to allow fast charging and connection to the ifi may be difficult. You do have the option of wireless charging on the S21 that my Sony phone lacks, so you could also connect to the ifi directly and charge via wireless charging.Can you use this with a mobile phone? Samsung S21 in particular
Wasn’t that pre a firmware update that made things better?V1 measured shockingly bad, hopefully this is a massive improvement.
ifi Zen DAC and Headphone Amp Review
Thanks, for the suggestion. It's a good one.I've got the v1 zen and happy with it for my home work desk. Would be tempted by a second one if I am to split my work between the office and home. Just wish it had an optical input as well as the usb, so I could use it with my stereo setup, maybe the v3 could introduce this @iFi audio?
upgraditis - love the name!Im in the process of swapping out my V1 for a V2 shortly - I was very happy with the V1 but had upgraditis...
I have a huge respect for Amir's work and I am happy we have such a person in the audio community. However, there are three butts:V1 measured shockingly bad, hopefully this is a massive improvement.
ifi Zen DAC and Headphone Amp Review
@onewingedangel is right.Can you use this with a mobile phone? Samsung S21 in particular
Another one could be to have a zen dac model, without the headphone amp (and volume knob), but different inputs, which would fit well in a standard stereo setup alongside the zen phono etc. Like the topping e30, but better looking . As I've been thinking of getting a standalone dac that my raspberry pi and cd player can both use, but would like it to match the zen phono and can (when I get round to buying them), as the three would look good together side by side on a single rack shelf.Thanks, for the suggestion. It's a good one.
Another one could be to have a zen dac model, without the headphone amp (and volume knob), but different inputs, which would fit well in a standard stereo setup alongside the zen phono etc. Like the topping e30, but better looking . As I've been thinking of getting a standalone dac that my raspberry pi and cd player can both use, but would like it to match the zen phono and can (when I get round to buying them), as the three would look good together side by side on a single rack shelf.
I cannot say much in this matter. I do not want to spoil the surprise. What I can tell you is that we are working on it.Another one could be to have a zen dac model, without the headphone amp (and volume knob), but different inputs, which would fit well in a standard stereo setup alongside the zen phono etc. Like the topping e30, but better looking . As I've been thinking of getting a standalone dac that my raspberry pi and cd player can both use, but would like it to match the zen phono and can (when I get round to buying them), as the three would look good together side by side on a single rack shelf.