ifi ZEN Air DAC – Hi-Res on a budget? (DAC / Headphone combination)

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In this video I check out the ifi ZEN Air DAC and talk about the pros and cons of this device.

00:00 Intro
00:24 Hardware Overview
01:59 Cable Situation
02:24 Volume Dial
03:36 Output Performance
04:03 Aliasing with Firmware 7.4
04:32 Audio Lag Issue with Firmware 7.4
05:43 RCA Frequency Response and XBass+
06:51 RCA Maximum Output Level
07:40 RCA Noise Performance
08:08 RCA Distortion Performance
08:48 HP Output Performance
09:35 XBass+ Power Match Overdrive
10:47 Power Match Explained
11:27 HP Output Performance Compared
12:28 Verdict

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Julian Krause

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Let's all give JK a shout out for being one of the very, very few objective and scientific audio reviewers on the web. Julian and Amir are at the top of my short list.

dmc

Love just how detailed this is. The 192 vs 96 kHz bug - discovering that is really something else. Thanks for sharing. Great stuff.

thomaswidter

It would be great to see more DACs review !

stanislasbeaufils

5:12 Well played. That is really all you need to know about most any product.

Rodhern

wow you're good, only 14 minute vid with a lot of detail, pros, cons and accurate measurement i like it a lot. congrats man you got yourself a new subscriber from indonesia,
btw seeing you makes me remember sheldon copper in the good way😁

birumutiara

10:08 the baseline/bass-line - I see what you did there, the extra effort is appreciated :)

RedBeardedRabbit

Good stuff. I would never buy from company who claims problem is only with the unit under review. Well done sir for getting to the bottom of this.

vl

now this is a truly objective review! such a refreshing thing to hear. ^_^

iamroydommac

5:40 A company saying a bug is just on a specific unit while its production wide, after the have already failed with USB and then just hope they deliver an update eventually? well thanks, but no.

vladgaedel

Finally someone talking objectively about audio stuff. Thank you! You earned a sub.

Theblackwidow

Danke Julian.für das Video. Ich komme.mit diesem DAC / Headphone Amp.so gar nicht klar. Und ich denke, auch für den Preis gibt es Alternativen.

techmed-rainer

For Fiio (at least the K3 that I have) there is the option to disable the standby mode by adjusting a setting in the configuration file of the control panel. By default, that setting was hidden in the UI.
However on Fiio it takes a while to enter standby so it doesn't mute half a second each time once it started, if you keep pressing play/pause. It doesn't affect video editing or music production. For those using Raspberry Pi or Kodi in general, they output an inaudible hiss constantly to prevent dacs from standby

rikimiki

Мне понравился обзор, полезно было послушать пред покупкой. Было бы неплохо увидеть больше замеров. Юлиан, мое пожелание - ставь презентуемый образец ближе к камере во время обзора. В целом спасибо!

MCbaradach